Merge branch 'jk/pack-bitmap'

A last minute (and hopefully the last) fix to avoid coredumps due
to an incorrect pointer arithmetic.

* jk/pack-bitmap:
  ewah_bitmap.c: do not assume size_t and eword_t are the same size
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66199ed..dc600f9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /GIT-CFLAGS
 /GIT-LDFLAGS
 /GIT-PREFIX
+/GIT-PERL-DEFINES
 /GIT-PYTHON-VARS
 /GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
 /GIT-USER-AGENT
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@
 /git-init-db
 /git-instaweb
 /git-log
-/git-lost-found
 /git-ls-files
 /git-ls-remote
 /git-ls-tree
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 /git-pack-refs
 /git-parse-remote
 /git-patch-id
-/git-peek-remote
 /git-prune
 /git-prune-packed
 /git-pull
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@
 /git-remote-testsvn
 /git-repack
 /git-replace
-/git-repo-config
 /git-request-pull
 /git-rerere
 /git-reset
@@ -159,7 +157,6 @@
 /git-svn
 /git-symbolic-ref
 /git-tag
-/git-tar-tree
 /git-unpack-file
 /git-unpack-objects
 /git-update-index
@@ -185,6 +182,7 @@
 /test-dump-cache-tree
 /test-scrap-cache-tree
 /test-genrandom
+/test-hashmap
 /test-index-version
 /test-line-buffer
 /test-match-trees
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index a600e35..f424dbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@
    E.g.: my_function () {
 
  - As to use of grep, stick to a subset of BRE (namely, no \{m,n\},
-   [::], [==], nor [..]) for portability.
+   [::], [==], or [..]) for portability.
 
    - We do not use \{m,n\};
 
    - We do not use -E;
 
-   - We do not use ? nor + (which are \{0,1\} and \{1,\}
+   - We do not use ? or + (which are \{0,1\} and \{1,\}
      respectively in BRE) but that goes without saying as these
      are ERE elements not BRE (note that \? and \+ are not even part
      of BRE -- making them accessible from BRE is a GNU extension).
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@
    "char * string".  This makes it easier to understand code
    like "char *string, c;".
 
+ - Use whitespace around operators and keywords, but not inside
+   parentheses and not around functions. So:
+
+        while (condition)
+		func(bar + 1);
+
+   and not:
+
+        while( condition )
+		func (bar+1);
+
  - We avoid using braces unnecessarily.  I.e.
 
 	if (bla) {
@@ -153,6 +164,16 @@
 	 * multi-line comment.
 	 */
 
+   Note however that a comment that explains a translatable string to
+   translators uses a convention of starting with a magic token
+   "TRANSLATORS: " immediately after the opening delimiter, even when
+   it spans multiple lines.  We do not add an asterisk at the beginning
+   of each line, either.  E.g.
+
+	/* TRANSLATORS: here is a comment that explains the string
+	   to be translated, that follows immediately after it */
+	_("Here is a translatable string explained by the above.");
+
  - Double negation is often harder to understand than no negation
    at all.
 
@@ -260,9 +281,11 @@
 
  Every user-visible change should be reflected in the documentation.
  The same general rule as for code applies -- imitate the existing
- conventions.  A few commented examples follow to provide reference
- when writing or modifying command usage strings and synopsis sections
- in the manual pages:
+ conventions.
+
+ A few commented examples follow to provide reference when writing or
+ modifying command usage strings and synopsis sections in the manual
+ pages:
 
  Placeholders are spelled in lowercase and enclosed in angle brackets:
    <file>
@@ -312,3 +335,29 @@
    Use 'git' (all lowercase) when talking about commands i.e. something
    the user would type into a shell and use 'Git' (uppercase first letter)
    when talking about the version control system and its properties.
+
+ A few commented examples follow to provide reference when writing or
+ modifying paragraphs or option/command explanations that contain options
+ or commands:
+
+ Literal examples (e.g. use of command-line options, command names, and
+ configuration variables) are typeset in monospace, and if you can use
+ `backticks around word phrases`, do so.
+   `--pretty=oneline`
+   `git rev-list`
+   `remote.pushdefault`
+
+ Word phrases enclosed in `backtick characters` are rendered literally
+ and will not be further expanded. The use of `backticks` to achieve the
+ previous rule means that literal examples should not use AsciiDoc
+ escapes.
+   Correct:
+      `--pretty=oneline`
+   Incorrect:
+      `\--pretty=oneline`
+
+ If some place in the documentation needs to typeset a command usage
+ example with inline substitutions, it is fine to use +monospaced and
+ inline substituted text+ instead of `monospaced literal text`, and with
+ the former, the part that should not get substituted must be
+ quoted/escaped.
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 4f13a23..fc6b2cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 MAN1_TXT =
 MAN5_TXT =
 MAN7_TXT =
+TECH_DOCS =
+ARTICLES =
+SP_ARTICLES =
 
 MAN1_TXT += $(filter-out \
 		$(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \
@@ -37,12 +40,12 @@
 OBSOLETE_HTML = git-remote-helpers.html
 DOC_HTML = $(MAN_HTML) $(OBSOLETE_HTML)
 
-ARTICLES = howto-index
+ARTICLES += howto-index
 ARTICLES += everyday
 ARTICLES += git-tools
 ARTICLES += git-bisect-lk2009
 # with their own formatting rules.
-SP_ARTICLES = user-manual
+SP_ARTICLES += user-manual
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/new-command
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/revert-branch-rebase
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/using-merge-subtree
@@ -53,13 +56,15 @@
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/separating-topic-branches
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/revert-a-faulty-merge
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object
+SP_ARTICLES += howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/rebuild-from-update-hook
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/rebase-from-internal-branch
 SP_ARTICLES += howto/maintain-git
 API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out technical/api-index-skel.txt technical/api-index.txt, $(wildcard technical/api-*.txt)))
 SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
 
-TECH_DOCS = technical/index-format
+TECH_DOCS += technical/http-protocol
+TECH_DOCS += technical/index-format
 TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-format
 TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-heuristics
 TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-protocol
@@ -323,7 +328,7 @@
 
 user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-	$(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -b docbook -d book -o $@+ $< && \
+	$(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -b docbook -d article -o $@+ $< && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt
index 867ae69..9adccb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 Fixes since v1.8.4.1
 --------------------
 
+ * "git clone" gave some progress messages to the standard output, not
+   to the standard error, and did not allow suppressing them with the
+   "--no-progress" option.
+
+ * "format-patch --from=<whom>" forgot to omit unnecessary in-body
+   from line, i.e. when <whom> is the same as the real author.
+
+ * "git shortlog" used to choke and die when there is a malformed
+   commit (e.g. missing authors); it now simply ignore such a commit
+   and keeps going.
+
+ * "git merge-recursive" did not parse its "--diff-algorithm=" command
+   line option correctly.
+
  * "git branch --track" had a minor regression in v1.8.3.2 and later
    that made it impossible to base your local work on anything but a
    local branch of the upstream repository you are tracking from.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03f3d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Git v1.8.4.3 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.4.2
+--------------------
+
+ * The interaction between use of Perl in our test suite and NO_PERL
+   has been clarified a bit.
+
+ * A fast-import stream expresses a pathname with funny characters by
+   quoting them in C style; remote-hg remote helper (in contrib/)
+   forgot to unquote such a path.
+
+ * One long-standing flaw in the pack transfer protocol used by "git
+   clone" was that there was no way to tell the other end which branch
+   "HEAD" points at, and the receiving end needed to guess.  A new
+   capability has been defined in the pack protocol to convey this
+   information so that cloning from a repository with more than one
+   branches pointing at the same commit where the HEAD is at now
+   reliably sets the initial branch in the resulting repository.
+
+ * We did not handle cases where http transport gets redirected during
+   the authorization request (e.g. from http:// to https://).
+
+ * "git rev-list --objects ^v1.0^ v1.0" gave v1.0 tag itself in the
+   output, but "git rev-list --objects v1.0^..v1.0" did not.
+
+ * The fall-back parsing of commit objects with broken author or
+   committer lines were less robust than ideal in picking up the
+   timestamps.
+
+ * Bash prompting code to deal with an SVN remote as an upstream
+   were coded in a way not supported by older Bash versions (3.x).
+
+ * "git checkout topic", when there is not yet a local "topic" branch
+   but there is a unique remote-tracking branch for a remote "topic"
+   branch, pretended as if "git checkout -t -b topic remote/$r/topic"
+   (for that unique remote $r) was run. This hack however was not
+   implemented for "git checkout topic --".
+
+ * Coloring around octopus merges in "log --graph" output was screwy.
+
+ * We did not generate HTML version of documentation to "git subtree"
+   in contrib/.
+
+ * The synopsis section of "git unpack-objects" documentation has been
+   clarified a bit.
+
+ * An ancient How-To on serving Git repositories on an HTTP server
+   lacked a warning that it has been mostly superseded with more
+   modern way.
+
+Also contains a handful of trivial code clean-ups, documentation
+updates, updates to the test suite, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc4c5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Git v1.8.4.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.4.3
+--------------------
+
+ * The fix in v1.8.4.3 to the pack transfer protocol to propagate
+   the target of symbolic refs broke "git clone/git fetch" from a
+   repository with too many symbolic refs. As a hotfix/workaround,
+   we transfer only the information on HEAD.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..215bd1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Git v1.8.4.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.4.4
+--------------------
+
+ * Recent update to remote-hg that attempted to make it work better
+   with non ASCII pathnames fed Unicode strings to the underlying Hg
+   API, which was wrong.
+
+ * "git submodule init" copied "submodule.$name.update" settings from
+   .gitmodules to .git/config without making sure if the suggested
+   value was sensible.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7236aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v1.8.5.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5
+------------------
+
+ * "git submodule init" copied "submodule.$name.update" settings from
+   .gitmodules to .git/config without making sure if the suggested
+   value was sensible.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ac4984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Git v1.8.5.2 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5.1
+--------------------
+
+ * "git diff -- ':(icase)makefile'" was unnecessarily rejected at the
+   command line parser.
+
+ * "git cat-file --batch-check=ok" did not check the existence of
+   the named object.
+
+ * "git am --abort" sometimes complained about not being able to write
+   a tree with an 0{40} object in it.
+
+ * Two processes creating loose objects at the same time could have
+   failed unnecessarily when the name of their new objects started
+   with the same byte value, due to a race condition.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3de2dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Git v1.8.5.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5.2
+--------------------
+
+ * The "--[no-]informative-errors" options to "git daemon" were parsed
+   a bit too loosely, allowing any other string after these option
+   names.
+
+ * A "gc" process running as a different user should be able to stop a
+   new "gc" process from starting.
+
+ * An earlier "clean-up" introduced an unnecessary memory leak to the
+   credential subsystem.
+
+ * "git mv A B/", when B does not exist as a directory, should error
+   out, but it didn't.
+
+ * "git rev-parse <revs> -- <paths>" did not implement the usual
+   disambiguation rules the commands in the "git log" family used in
+   the same way.
+
+ * "git cat-file --batch=", an admittedly useless command, did not
+   behave very well.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d18c403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+Git v1.8.5.4 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5.3
+--------------------
+
+ * "git fetch --depth=0" was a no-op, and was silently ignored.
+   Diagnose it as an error.
+
+ * Remote repository URL expressed in scp-style host:path notation are
+   parsed more carefully (e.g. "foo/bar:baz" is local, "[::1]:/~user" asks
+   to connect to user's home directory on host at address ::1.
+
+ * SSL-related options were not passed correctly to underlying socket
+   layer in "git send-email".
+
+ * "git commit -v" appends the patch to the log message before
+   editing, and then removes the patch when the editor returned
+   control. However, the patch was not stripped correctly when the
+   first modified path was a submodule.
+
+ * "git mv A B/", when B does not exist as a directory, should error
+   out, but it didn't.
+
+ * When we figure out how many file descriptors to allocate for
+   keeping packfiles open, a system with non-working getrlimit() could
+   cause us to die(), but because we make this call only to get a
+   rough estimate of how many is available and we do not even attempt
+   to use up all file descriptors available ourselves, it is nicer to
+   fall back to a reasonable low value rather than dying.
+
+ * "git log --decorate" did not handle a tag pointed by another tag
+   nicely.
+
+ * "git add -A" (no other arguments) in a totally empty working tree
+   used to emit an error.
+
+ * There is no reason to have a hardcoded upper limit of the number of
+   parents for an octopus merge, created via the graft mechanism, but
+   there was.
+
+ * The implementation of 'git stash $cmd "stash@{...}"' did not quote
+   the stash argument properly and left it split at IFS whitespace.
+
+ * The documentation to "git pull" hinted there is an "-m" option
+   because it incorrectly shared the documentation with "git merge".
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9191ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Git v1.8.5.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5.4
+--------------------
+
+ * The pathspec matching code, while comparing two trees (e.g. "git
+   diff A B -- path1 path2") was too aggressive and failed to match
+   some paths when multiple pathspecs were involved.
+
+ * "git repack --max-pack-size=8g" stopped being parsed correctly when
+   the command was reimplemented in C.
+
+ * A recent update to "git send-email" broke platforms where
+   /etc/ssl/certs/ directory exists but cannot be used as SSL_ca_path
+   (e.g. Fedora rawhide).
+
+ * A handful of bugs around interpreting $branch@{upstream} notation
+   and its lookalike, when $branch part has interesting characters,
+   e.g. "@", and ":", have been fixed.
+
+ * "git clone" would fail to clone from a repository that has a ref
+   directly under "refs/", e.g. "refs/stash", because different
+   validation paths do different things on such a refname.  Loosen the
+   client side's validation to allow such a ref.
+
+ * "git log --left-right A...B" lost the "leftness" of commits
+   reachable from A when A is a tag as a side effect of a recent
+   bugfix.  This is a regression in 1.8.4.x series.
+
+ * "git merge-base --octopus" used to leave cleaning up suboptimal
+   result to the caller, but now it does the clean-up itself.
+
+ * "git mv A B/", when B does not exist as a directory, should error
+   out, but it didn't.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
index 4c2aa70..602df0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were sent
 to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same name
 over there).  In Git 2.0, the default will change to the "simple"
-semantics that pushes:
+semantics, which pushes:
 
  - only the current branch to the branch with the same name, and only
    when the current branch is set to integrate with that remote
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@
 
 Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
 
- * "git-svn" used with SVN 1.8.0 when talking over https:// connection
+ * "git-svn" has been taught to use the serf library, which is the
+   only option SVN 1.8.0 offers us when talking the HTTP protocol.
+
+ * "git-svn" talking over an https:// connection using the serf library
    dumped core due to a bug in the serf library that SVN uses.  Work
-   it around on our side, even though the SVN side is being fixed.
+   around it on our side, even though the SVN side is being fixed.
 
  * On MacOS X, we detected if the filesystem needs the "pre-composed
    unicode strings" workaround, but did not automatically enable it.
@@ -65,10 +68,7 @@
    repository relative to the home directory, e.g. "clone hg::~/there".
 
  * imap-send ported to OS X uses Apple's security framework instead of
-   OpenSSL one.
-
- * Subversion 1.8.0 that was recently released breaks older subversion
-   clients coming over http/https in various ways.
+   OpenSSL's.
 
  * "git fast-import" treats an empty path given to "ls" as the root of
    the tree.
@@ -76,22 +76,25 @@
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
 
- * "git grep" and "git show" pays attention to "--textconv" option
+ * xdg-open can be used as a browser backend for "git web-browse"
+   (hence to show "git help -w" output), when available.
+
+ * "git grep" and "git show" pay attention to the "--textconv" option
    when these commands are told to operate on blob objects (e.g. "git
-   grep -e pattern HEAD:Makefile").
+   grep -e pattern --textconv HEAD:Makefile").
 
  * "git replace" helper no longer allows an object to be replaced with
    another object of a different type to avoid confusion (you can
-   still manually craft such replacement using "git update-ref", as an
+   still manually craft such a replacement using "git update-ref", as an
    escape hatch).
 
- * "git status" no longer prints dirty status information for
+ * "git status" no longer prints the dirty status information of
    submodules for which submodule.$name.ignore is set to "all".
 
  * "git rebase -i" honours core.abbrev when preparing the insn sheet
    for editing.
 
- * "git status" during a cherry-pick shows what original commit is
+ * "git status" during a cherry-pick shows which original commit is
    being picked.
 
  * Instead of typing four capital letters "HEAD", you can say "@" now,
@@ -99,21 +102,21 @@
 
  * "git check-ignore" follows the same rule as "git add" and "git
    status" in that the ignore/exclude mechanism does not take effect
-   on paths that are already tracked.  With "--no-index" option, it
+   on paths that are already tracked.  With the "--no-index" option, it
    can be used to diagnose which paths that should have been ignored
    have been mistakenly added to the index.
 
  * Some irrelevant "advice" messages that are shared with "git status"
    output have been removed from the commit log template.
 
- * "update-refs" learnt a "--stdin" option to read multiple update
+ * "update-refs" learned a "--stdin" option to read multiple update
    requests and perform them in an all-or-none fashion.
 
  * Just like "make -C <directory>", "git -C <directory> ..." tells Git
    to go there before doing anything else.
 
- * Just like "git checkout -" knows to check out and "git merge -"
-   knows to merge the branch you were previously on, "git cherry-pick"
+ * Just like "git checkout -" knows to check out, and "git merge -"
+   knows to merge, the branch you were previously on, "git cherry-pick"
    now understands "git cherry-pick -" to pick from the previous
    branch.
 
@@ -123,59 +126,58 @@
    "git status --porcelain" instead, as its format is stable and easier
    to parse.
 
- * Make "foo^{tag}" to peel a tag to itself, i.e. no-op., and fail if
-   "foo" is not a tag.  "git rev-parse --verify v1.0^{tag}" would be
-   a more convenient way to say "test $(git cat-file -t v1.0) = tag".
+ * The ref syntax "foo^{tag}" (with the literal string "{tag}") peels a
+   tag ref to itself, i.e. it's a no-op., and fails if
+   "foo" is not a tag.  "git rev-parse --verify v1.0^{tag}" is
+   a more convenient way than "test $(git cat-file -t v1.0) = tag" to
+   check if v1.0 is a tag.
 
  * "git branch -v -v" (and "git status") did not distinguish among a
-   branch that does not build on any other branch, a branch that is in
-   sync with the branch it builds on, and a branch that is configured
-   to build on some other branch that no longer exists.
+   branch that is not based on any other branch, a branch that is in
+   sync with its upstream branch, and a branch that is configured with an
+   upstream branch that no longer exists.
 
- * A packfile that stores the same object more than once is broken and
-   will be rejected by "git index-pack" that is run when receiving
-   data over the wire.
-
- * Earlier we started rejecting an attempt to add 0{40} object name to
+ * Earlier we started rejecting any attempt to add the 0{40} object name to
    the index and to tree objects, but it sometimes is necessary to
-   allow so to be able to use tools like filter-branch to correct such
-   broken tree objects.  "filter-branch" can again be used to to do
-   so.
+   allow this to be able to use tools like filter-branch to correct such
+   broken tree objects.  "filter-branch" can again be used to do this.
 
  * "git config" did not provide a way to set or access numbers larger
    than a native "int" on the platform; it now provides 64-bit signed
    integers on all platforms.
 
  * "git pull --rebase" always chose to do the bog-standard flattening
-   rebase.  You can tell it to run "rebase --preserve-merges" by
+   rebase.  You can tell it to run "rebase --preserve-merges" with
+   "git pull --rebase=preserve" or by
    setting "pull.rebase" configuration to "preserve".
 
  * "git push --no-thin" actually disables the "thin pack transfer"
    optimization.
 
- * Magic pathspecs like ":(icase)makefile" that matches both
-   Makefile and makefile can be used in more places.
+ * Magic pathspecs like ":(icase)makefile" (matches both Makefile
+   and makefile) and ":(glob)foo/**/bar" (matches "bar" in "foo"
+   and any subdirectory of "foo") can be used in more places.
 
- * The "http.*" variables can now be specified per URL that the
-   configuration applies.  For example,
+ * The "http.*" variables can now be specified for individual URLs.
+   For example,
 
    [http]
        sslVerify = true
    [http "https://weak.example.com/"]
        sslVerify = false
 
-   would flip http.sslVerify off only when talking to that specified
+   would flip http.sslVerify off only when talking to that specific
    site.
 
- * "git mv A B" when moving a submodule A has been taught to
-   relocate its working tree and to adjust the paths in the
+ * "git mv A B" when moving a submodule has been taught to
+   relocate the submodule's working tree and to adjust the paths in the
    .gitmodules file.
 
  * "git blame" can now take more than one -L option to discover the
-   origin of multiple blocks of the lines.
+   origin of multiple blocks of lines.
 
  * The http transport clients can optionally ask to save cookies
-   with http.savecookies configuration variable.
+   with the http.savecookies configuration variable.
 
  * "git push" learned a more fine grained control over a blunt
    "--force" when requesting a non-fast-forward update with the
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@
 
  * "git whatchanged" may still be used by old timers, but mention of
    it in documents meant for new users will only waste readers' time
-   wonderig what the difference is between it and "git log".  Make it
+   wondering what the difference is between it and "git log".  Make it
    less prominent in the general part of the documentation and explain
    that it is merely a "git log" with different default behaviour in
    its own document.
@@ -205,6 +207,12 @@
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
 
+ * "git for-each-ref" when asking for merely the object name does not
+   have to parse the object pointed at by the refs; the codepath has
+   been optimized.
+
+ * The HTTP transport will try to use TCP keepalive when able.
+
  * "git repack" is now written in C.
 
  * Build procedure for MSVC has been updated.
@@ -213,23 +221,23 @@
    should apply the same "no subprocess or pipe" optimization as we
    apply to user-supplied GIT_PAGER=cat.
 
- * Many commands use --dashed-option as a operation mode selector
-   (e.g. "git tag --delete") that the user can use at most one
-   (e.g. "git tag --delete --verify" is a nonsense) and you cannot
-   negate (e.g. "git tag --no-delete" is a nonsense).  parse-options
+ * Many commands use a --dashed-option as an operation mode selector
+   (e.g. "git tag --delete") that excludes other operation modes
+   (e.g. "git tag --delete --verify" is nonsense) and that cannot be
+   negated (e.g. "git tag --no-delete" is nonsense).  The parse-options
    API learned a new OPT_CMDMODE macro to make it easier to implement
    such a set of options.
 
- * OPT_BOOLEAN() in parse-options API was misdesigned to be "counting
+ * OPT_BOOLEAN() in the parse-options API was misdesigned to be "counting
    up" but many subcommands expect it to behave as "on/off". Update
    them to use OPT_BOOL() which is a proper boolean.
 
- * "git gc" exits early without doing a double-work when it detects
+ * "git gc" exits early without doing any work when it detects
    that another instance of itself is already running.
 
  * Under memory pressure and/or file descriptor pressure, we used to
-   close pack windows that are not used and also closed filehandle to
-   an open but unused packfiles. These are now controlled separately
+   close pack windows that are not used and also closed filehandles to
+   open but unused packfiles. These are now controlled separately
    to better cope with the load.
 
 Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
@@ -239,20 +247,82 @@
 ------------------
 
 Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.4 in the maintenance
-track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
+track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' notes for
 details).
 
- * "git clone" gave some progress messages to the standard output, not
-   to the standard error, and did not allow suppressing them with the
+ * An ancient How-To on serving Git repositories on an HTTP server
+   lacked a warning that it has been mostly superseded with a more
+   modern way.
+   (merge 6d52bc3 sc/doc-howto-dumb-http later to maint).
+
+ * The interaction between the use of Perl in our test suite and NO_PERL
+   has been clarified a bit.
+   (merge f8fc0ee jn/test-prereq-perl-doc later to maint).
+
+ * The synopsis section of the "git unpack-objects" documentation has been
+   clarified a bit.
+   (merge 61e2e22 vd/doc-unpack-objects later to maint).
+
+ * We did not generate the HTML version of the documentation to "git subtree"
+   in contrib/.
+   (merge 95c62fb jk/subtree-install-fix later to maint).
+
+ * A fast-import stream expresses a pathname with funny characters by
+   quoting them in C style; the remote-hg remote helper forgot to unquote
+   such a path.
+   (merge 1136265 ap/remote-hg-unquote-cquote later to maint).
+
+ * "git reset -p HEAD" has a codepath to special-case it to behave
+   differently from resetting to contents of other commits, but a
+   recent change broke it.
+
+ * Coloring around octopus merges in "log --graph" output was screwy.
+   (merge 339c17b hn/log-graph-color-octopus later to maint).
+
+ * "git checkout topic", when there is not yet a local "topic" branch
+   but there is a unique remote-tracking branch for a remote "topic"
+   branch, pretended as if "git checkout -t -b topic remote/$r/topic"
+   (for that unique remote $r) was run. This hack however was not
+   implemented for "git checkout topic --".
+   (merge bca3969 mm/checkout-auto-track-fix later to maint).
+
+ * One long-standing flaw in the pack transfer protocol used by "git
+   clone" was that there was no way to tell the other end which branch
+   "HEAD" points at, and the receiving end needed to guess.  A new
+   capability has been defined in the pack protocol to convey this
+   information so that cloning from a repository with more than one
+   branch pointing at the same commit where the HEAD is at now
+   reliably sets the initial branch in the resulting repository.
+   (merge 360a326 jc/upload-pack-send-symref later to maint).
+
+ * We did not handle cases where the http transport gets redirected during
+   the authorization request (e.g. from http:// to https://).
+   (merge 70900ed jk/http-auth-redirects later to maint).
+
+ * Bash prompting code to deal with an SVN remote as an upstream
+   was coded in a way unsupported by older Bash versions (3.x).
+   (merge 52ec889 sg/prompt-svn-remote-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The fall-back parsing of commit objects with broken author or
+   committer lines was less robust than ideal in picking up the
+   timestamps.
+   (merge 03818a4 jk/split-broken-ident later to maint).
+
+ * "git rev-list --objects ^v1.0^ v1.0" gave the v1.0 tag itself in the
+   output, but "git rev-list --objects v1.0^..v1.0" did not.
+   (merge 895c5ba jc/revision-range-unpeel later to maint).
+
+ * "git clone" wrote some progress messages to standard output, not
+   to standard error, and did not suppress them with the
    --no-progress option.
    (merge 643f918 jk/clone-progress-to-stderr later to maint).
 
- * "format-patch --from=<whom>" forgot to omit unnecessary in-body
+ * "format-patch --from=<whom>" forgot to omit an unnecessary in-body
    from line, i.e. when <whom> is the same as the real author.
    (merge 662cc30 jk/format-patch-from later to maint).
 
  * "git shortlog" used to choke and die when there is a malformed
-   commit (e.g. missing authors); it now simply ignore such a commit
+   commit (e.g. missing authors); it now simply ignores such a commit
    and keeps going.
    (merge cd4f09e jk/shortlog-tolerate-broken-commit later to maint).
 
@@ -266,16 +336,16 @@
    small empty messages to keep the connection alive.
    (merge 115dedd jk/upload-pack-keepalive later to maint).
 
- * "git rebase" had a portability regression in v1.8.4 to trigger a
+ * "git rebase" had a portability regression in v1.8.4 that triggered a
    bug in some BSD shell implementations.
    (merge 99855dd mm/rebase-continue-freebsd-WB later to maint).
 
  * "git branch --track" had a minor regression in v1.8.3.2 and later
    that made it impossible to base your local work on anything but a
-   local branch of the upstream repository you are tracking from.
+   local branch of the upstream repository you are tracking.
    (merge b0f49ff jh/checkout-auto-tracking later to maint).
 
- * When the webserver responds with "405 Method Not Allowed", "git
+ * When the web server responds with "405 Method Not Allowed", "git
    http-backend" should tell the client what methods are allowed with
    the "Allow" header.
    (merge 9247be0 bc/http-backend-allow-405 later to maint).
@@ -289,22 +359,22 @@
    executable files.
    (merge 1b48d56 jc/cvsserver-perm-bit-fix later to maint).
 
- * When send-email comes up with an error message to die with upon
+ * When send-email obtains an error message to die with upon
    failure to start an SSL session, it tried to read the error string
    from a wrong place.
    (merge 6cb0c88 bc/send-email-ssl-die-message-fix later to maint).
 
- * The implementation of "add -i" has a crippling code to work around
+ * The implementation of "add -i" has some crippling code to work around an
    ActiveState Perl limitation but it by mistake also triggered on Git
    for Windows where MSYS perl is used.
    (merge df17e77 js/add-i-mingw later to maint).
 
- * We made sure that we notice the user-supplied GIT_DIR is actually a
+ * We made sure that we notice when the user-supplied GIT_DIR is actually a
    gitfile, but did not do the same when the default ".git" is a
    gitfile.
    (merge 487a2b7 nd/git-dir-pointing-at-gitfile later to maint).
 
- * When an object is not found after checking the packfiles and then
+ * When an object is not found after checking the packfiles and the
    loose object directory, read_sha1_file() re-checks the packfiles to
    prevent racing with a concurrent repacker; teach the same logic to
    has_sha1_file().
@@ -322,22 +392,22 @@
    made it unnecessarily inefficient.
    (merge 680be04 jc/ls-files-killed-optim later to maint).
 
- * The commit object names in the insn sheet that was prepared at the
-   beginning of "rebase -i" session can become ambiguous as the
+ * The shortened commit object names in the insn sheet that is prepared at the
+   beginning of a "rebase -i" session can become ambiguous as the
    rebasing progresses and the repository gains more commits. Make
    sure the internal record is kept with full 40-hex object names.
    (merge 75c6976 es/rebase-i-no-abbrev later to maint).
 
  * "git rebase --preserve-merges" internally used the merge machinery
-   and as a side effect, left merge summary message in the log, but
-   when rebasing, there should not be a need for merge summary.
+   and as a side effect left the merge summary message in the log, but
+   when rebasing there is no need for the merge summary.
    (merge a9f739c rt/rebase-p-no-merge-summary later to maint).
 
- * A call to xread() was used without a loop around to cope with short
-   read in the codepath to stream new contents to a pack.
+ * A call to xread() was used without a loop around it to cope with short
+   reads in the codepath to stream new contents to a pack.
    (merge e92527c js/xread-in-full later to maint).
 
- * "git rebase -i" forgot that the comment character can be
+ * "git rebase -i" forgot that the comment character is
    configurable while reading its insn sheet.
    (merge 7bca7af es/rebase-i-respect-core-commentchar later to maint).
 
@@ -348,8 +418,8 @@
  * We used to send a large request to read(2)/write(2) as a single
    system call, which was bad from the latency point of view when
    the operation needs to be killed, and also triggered an error on
-   broken 64-bit systems that refuse to take more than 2GB read or
-   write in one go.
+   broken 64-bit systems that refuse to read or write more than 2GB
+   in one go.
    (merge a487916 sp/clip-read-write-to-8mb later to maint).
 
  * "git fetch" that auto-followed tags incorrectly reused the
@@ -363,17 +433,17 @@
    had a similar problem.
    (merge 838f9a1 tr/log-full-diff-keep-true-parents later to maint).
 
- * Setting submodule.*.path configuration variable to true (without
+ * Setting a submodule.*.path configuration variable to true (without
    giving "= value") caused Git to segfault.
    (merge 4b05440 jl/some-submodule-config-are-not-boolean later to maint).
 
  * "git rebase -i" (there could be others, as the root cause is pretty
-   generic) fed a random, data dependeant string to 'echo' and
-   expects it to come out literally, corrupting its error message.
+   generic) fed a random, data dependent string to 'echo' and
+   expected it to come out literally, corrupting its error message.
    (merge 89b0230 mm/no-shell-escape-in-die-message later to maint).
 
  * Some people still use rather old versions of bash, which cannot
-   grok some constructs like 'printf -v varname' the prompt and
+   grok some constructs like 'printf -v varname' which the prompt and
    completion code started to use recently.
    (merge a44aa69 bc/completion-for-bash-3.0 later to maint).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..752d791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+Git v1.9.0 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Backward compatibility notes
+----------------------------
+
+"git submodule foreach $cmd $args" used to treat "$cmd $args" the same
+way "ssh" did, concatenating them into a single string and letting the
+shell unquote. Careless users who forget to sufficiently quote $args
+get their argument split at $IFS whitespaces by the shell, and got
+unexpected results due to this. Starting from this release, the
+command line is passed directly to the shell, if it has an argument.
+
+Read-only support for experimental loose-object format, in which users
+could optionally choose to write their loose objects for a short
+while between v1.4.3 and v1.5.3 era, has been dropped.
+
+The meanings of the "--tags" option to "git fetch" has changed; the
+command fetches tags _in addition to_ what is fetched by the same
+command line without the option.
+
+The way "git push $there $what" interprets the $what part given on the
+command line, when it does not have a colon that explicitly tells us
+what ref at the $there repository is to be updated, has been enhanced.
+
+A handful of ancient commands that have long been deprecated are
+finally gone (repo-config, tar-tree, lost-found, and peek-remote).
+
+
+Backward compatibility notes (for Git 2.0.0)
+--------------------------------------------
+
+When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we have used the
+traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were sent
+to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same name
+over there).  In Git 2.0, the default will change to the "simple"
+semantics, which pushes:
+
+ - only the current branch to the branch with the same name, and only
+   when the current branch is set to integrate with that remote
+   branch, if you are pushing to the same remote as you fetch from; or
+
+ - only the current branch to the branch with the same name, if you
+   are pushing to a remote that is not where you usually fetch from.
+
+Use the user preference configuration variable "push.default" to
+change this.  If you are an old-timer who is used to the "matching"
+semantics, you can set the variable to "matching" to keep the
+traditional behaviour.  If you want to live in the future early, you
+can set it to "simple" today without waiting for Git 2.0.
+
+When "git add -u" (and "git add -A") is run inside a subdirectory and
+does not specify which paths to add on the command line, it
+will operate on the entire tree in Git 2.0 for consistency
+with "git commit -a" and other commands.  There will be no
+mechanism to make plain "git add -u" behave like "git add -u .".
+Current users of "git add -u" (without a pathspec) should start
+training their fingers to explicitly say "git add -u ."
+before Git 2.0 comes.  A warning is issued when these commands are
+run without a pathspec and when you have local changes outside the
+current directory, because the behaviour in Git 2.0 will be different
+from today's version in such a situation.
+
+In Git 2.0, "git add <path>" will behave as "git add -A <path>", so
+that "git add dir/" will notice paths you removed from the directory
+and record the removal.  Versions before Git 2.0, including this
+release, will keep ignoring removals, but the users who rely on this
+behaviour are encouraged to start using "git add --ignore-removal <path>"
+now before 2.0 is released.
+
+The default prefix for "git svn" will change in Git 2.0.  For a long
+time, "git svn" created its remote-tracking branches directly under
+refs/remotes, but it will place them under refs/remotes/origin/ unless
+it is told otherwise with its --prefix option.
+
+
+Updates since v1.8.5
+--------------------
+
+Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
+
+ * The HTTP transport, when talking GSS-Negotiate, uses "100
+   Continue" response to avoid having to rewind and resend a large
+   payload, which may not be always doable.
+
+ * Various bugfixes to remote-bzr and remote-hg (in contrib/).
+
+ * The build procedure is aware of MirBSD now.
+
+ * Various "git p4", "git svn" and "gitk" updates.
+
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * Fetching from a shallowly-cloned repository used to be forbidden,
+   primarily because the codepaths involved were not carefully vetted
+   and we did not bother supporting such usage. This release attempts
+   to allow object transfer out of a shallowly-cloned repository in a
+   more controlled way (i.e. the receiver becomes a shallow repository
+   with a truncated history).
+
+ * Just like we give a reasonable default for "less" via the LESS
+   environment variable, we now specify a reasonable default for "lv"
+   via the "LV" environment variable when spawning the pager.
+
+ * Two-level configuration variable names in "branch.*" and "remote.*"
+   hierarchies, whose variables are predominantly three-level, were
+   not completed by hitting a <TAB> in bash and zsh completions.
+
+ * Fetching a 'frotz' branch with "git fetch", while a 'frotz/nitfol'
+   remote-tracking branch from an earlier fetch was still there, would
+   error out, primarily because the command was not told that it is
+   allowed to lose any information on our side.  "git fetch --prune"
+   now can be used to remove 'frotz/nitfol' to make room for fetching and
+   storing the 'frotz' remote-tracking branch.
+
+ * "diff.orderfile=<file>" configuration variable can be used to
+   pretend as if the "-O<file>" option were given from the command
+   line of "git diff", etc.
+
+ * The negative pathspec syntax allows "git log -- . ':!dir'" to tell
+   us "I am interested in everything but 'dir' directory".
+
+ * "git difftool" shows how many different paths there are in total,
+   and how many of them have been shown so far, to indicate progress.
+
+ * "git push origin master" used to push our 'master' branch to update
+   the 'master' branch at the 'origin' repository.  This has been
+   enhanced to use the same ref mapping "git push origin" would use to
+   determine what ref at the 'origin' to be updated with our 'master'.
+   For example, with this configuration
+
+   [remote "origin"]
+      push = refs/heads/*:refs/review/*
+
+   that would cause "git push origin" to push out our local branches
+   to corresponding refs under refs/review/ hierarchy at 'origin',
+   "git push origin master" would update 'refs/review/master' over
+   there.  Alternatively, if push.default is set to 'upstream' and our
+   'master' is set to integrate with 'topic' from the 'origin' branch,
+   running "git push origin" while on our 'master' would update their
+   'topic' branch, and running "git push origin master" while on any
+   of our branches does the same.
+
+ * "gitweb" learned to treat ref hierarchies other than refs/heads as
+   if they are additional branch namespaces (e.g. refs/changes/ in
+   Gerrit).
+
+ * "git for-each-ref --format=..." learned a few formatting directives;
+   e.g. "%(color:red)%(HEAD)%(color:reset) %(refname:short) %(subject)".
+
+ * The command string given to "git submodule foreach" is passed
+   directly to the shell, without being eval'ed.  This is a backward
+   incompatible change that may break existing users.
+
+ * "git log" and friends learned the "--exclude=<glob>" option, to
+   allow people to say "list history of all branches except those that
+   match this pattern" with "git log --exclude='*/*' --branches".
+
+ * "git rev-parse --parseopt" learned a new "--stuck-long" option to
+   help scripts parse options with an optional parameter.
+
+ * The "--tags" option to "git fetch" no longer tells the command to
+   fetch _only_ the tags. It instead fetches tags _in addition to_
+   what are fetched by the same command line without the option.
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
+
+ * When parsing a 40-hex string into the object name, the string is
+   checked to see if it can be interpreted as a ref so that a warning
+   can be given for ambiguity. The code kicked in even when the
+   core.warnambiguousrefs is set to false to squelch this warning, in
+   which case the cycles spent to look at the ref namespace were an
+   expensive no-op, as the result was discarded without being used.
+
+ * The naming convention of the packfiles has been updated; it used to
+   be based on the enumeration of names of the objects that are
+   contained in the pack, but now it also depends on how the packed
+   result is represented---packing the same set of objects using
+   different settings (or delta order) would produce a pack with
+   different name.
+
+ * "git diff --no-index" mode used to unnecessarily attempt to read
+   the index when there is one.
+
+ * The deprecated parse-options macro OPT_BOOLEAN has been removed;
+   use OPT_BOOL or OPT_COUNTUP in new code.
+
+ * A few duplicate implementations of prefix/suffix string comparison
+   functions have been unified to starts_with() and ends_with().
+
+ * The new PERLLIB_EXTRA makefile variable can be used to specify
+   additional directories Perl modules (e.g. the ones necessary to run
+   git-svn) are installed on the platform when building.
+
+ * "git merge-base" learned the "--fork-point" mode, that implements
+   the same logic used in "git pull --rebase" to find a suitable fork
+   point out of the reflog entries for the remote-tracking branch the
+   work has been based on.  "git rebase" has the same logic that can be
+   triggered with the "--fork-point" option.
+
+ * A third-party "receive-pack" (the responder to "git push") can
+   advertise the "no-thin" capability to tell "git push" not to use
+   the thin-pack optimization. Our receive-pack has always been
+   capable of accepting and fattening a thin-pack, and will continue
+   not to ask "git push" to use a non-thin pack.
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5
+------------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.5 in the maintenance
+track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' notes
+for details).
+
+ * The pathspec matching code, while comparing two trees (e.g. "git
+   diff A B -- path1 path2") was too aggressive and failed to match
+   some paths when multiple pathspecs were involved.
+
+ * "git repack --max-pack-size=8g" stopped being parsed correctly when
+   the command was reimplemented in C.
+
+ * An earlier update in v1.8.4.x to "git rev-list --objects" with
+   negative ref had a performance regression.
+   (merge 200abe7 jk/mark-edges-uninteresting later to maint).
+
+ * A recent update to "git send-email" broke platforms where
+   /etc/ssl/certs/ directory exists but cannot be used as SSL_ca_path
+   (e.g. Fedora rawhide).
+
+ * A handful of bugs around interpreting $branch@{upstream} notation
+   and its lookalike, when $branch part has interesting characters,
+   e.g. "@", and ":", have been fixed.
+
+ * "git clone" would fail to clone from a repository that has a ref
+   directly under "refs/", e.g. "refs/stash", because different
+   validation paths do different things on such a refname.  Loosen the
+   client side's validation to allow such a ref.
+
+ * "git log --left-right A...B" lost the "leftness" of commits
+   reachable from A when A is a tag as a side effect of a recent
+   bugfix.  This is a regression in 1.8.4.x series.
+
+ * documentations to "git pull" hinted there is an "-m" option because
+   it incorrectly shared the documentation with "git merge".
+
+ * "git diff A B submod" and "git diff A B submod/" ought to have done
+   the same for a submodule "submod", but didn't.
+
+ * "git clone $origin foo\bar\baz" on Windows failed to create the
+   leading directories (i.e. a moral-equivalent of "mkdir -p").
+
+ * "submodule.*.update=checkout", when propagated from .gitmodules to
+   .git/config, turned into a "submodule.*.update=none", which did not
+   make much sense.
+   (merge efa8fd7 fp/submodule-checkout-mode later to maint).
+
+ * The implementation of 'git stash $cmd "stash@{...}"' did not quote
+   the stash argument properly and left it split at IFS whitespace.
+
+ * The "--[no-]informative-errors" options to "git daemon" were parsed
+   a bit too loosely, allowing any other string after these option
+   names.
+
+ * There is no reason to have a hardcoded upper limit for the number of
+   parents of an octopus merge, created via the graft mechanism, but
+   there was.
+
+ * The basic test used to leave unnecessary trash directories in the
+   t/ directory.
+   (merge 738a8be jk/test-framework-updates later to maint).
+
+ * "git merge-base --octopus" used to leave cleaning up suboptimal
+   result to the caller, but now it does the clean-up itself.
+
+ * A "gc" process running as a different user should be able to stop a
+   new "gc" process from starting, but it didn't.
+
+ * An earlier "clean-up" introduced an unnecessary memory leak.
+
+ * "git add -A" (no other arguments) in a totally empty working tree
+   used to emit an error.
+
+ * "git log --decorate" did not handle a tag pointed by another tag
+   nicely.
+
+ * When we figure out how many file descriptors to allocate for
+   keeping packfiles open, a system with non-working getrlimit() could
+   cause us to die(), but because we make this call only to get a
+   rough estimate of how many are available and we do not even attempt
+   to use up all available file descriptors ourselves, it is nicer to
+   fall back to a reasonable low value rather than dying.
+
+ * read_sha1_file(), that is the workhorse to read the contents given
+   an object name, honoured object replacements, but there was no
+   corresponding mechanism to sha1_object_info() that was used to
+   obtain the metainfo (e.g. type & size) about the object.  This led
+   callers to weird inconsistencies.
+   (merge 663a856 cc/replace-object-info later to maint).
+
+ * "git cat-file --batch=", an admittedly useless command, did not
+   behave very well.
+
+ * "git rev-parse <revs> -- <paths>" did not implement the usual
+   disambiguation rules the commands in the "git log" family used in
+   the same way.
+
+ * "git mv A B/", when B does not exist as a directory, should error
+   out, but it didn't.
+
+ * A workaround to an old bug in glibc prior to glibc 2.17 has been
+   retired; this would remove a side effect of the workaround that
+   corrupts system error messages in non-C locales.
+
+ * SSL-related options were not passed correctly to underlying socket
+   layer in "git send-email".
+
+ * "git commit -v" appends the patch to the log message before
+   editing, and then removes the patch when the editor returned
+   control. However, the patch was not stripped correctly when the
+   first modified path was a submodule.
+
+ * "git fetch --depth=0" was a no-op, and was silently ignored.
+   Diagnose it as an error.
+
+ * Remote repository URLs expressed in scp-style host:path notation are
+   parsed more carefully (e.g. "foo/bar:baz" is local, "[::1]:/~user" asks
+   to connect to user's home directory on host at address ::1.
+
+ * "git diff -- ':(icase)makefile'" was unnecessarily rejected at the
+   command line parser.
+
+ * "git cat-file --batch-check=ok" did not check the existence of
+   the named object.
+
+ * "git am --abort" sometimes complained about not being able to write
+   a tree with an 0{40} object in it.
+
+ * Two processes creating loose objects at the same time could have
+   failed unnecessarily when the name of their new objects started
+   with the same byte value, due to a race condition.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b06020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+Git v1.9.1 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v1.9.0
+------------------
+
+ * "git clean -d pathspec" did not use the given pathspec correctly
+   and ended up cleaning too much.
+
+ * "git difftool" misbehaved when the repository is bound to the
+   working tree with the ".git file" mechanism, where a textual file
+   ".git" tells us where it is.
+
+ * "git push" did not pay attention to branch.*.pushremote if it is
+   defined earlier than remote.pushdefault; the order of these two
+   variables in the configuration file should not matter, but it did
+   by mistake.
+
+ * Codepaths that parse timestamps in commit objects have been
+   tightened.
+
+ * "git diff --external-diff" incorrectly fed the submodule directory
+   in the working tree to the external diff driver when it knew it is
+   the same as one of the versions being compared.
+
+ * "git reset" needs to refresh the index when working in a working
+   tree (it can also be used to match the index to the HEAD in an
+   otherwise bare repository), but it failed to set up the working
+   tree properly, causing GIT_WORK_TREE to be ignored.
+
+ * "git check-attr" when working on a repository with a working tree
+   did not work well when the working tree was specified via the
+   --work-tree (and obviously with --git-dir) option.
+
+ * "merge-recursive" was broken in 1.7.7 era and stopped working in
+   an empty (temporary) working tree, when there are renames
+   involved.  This has been corrected.
+
+ * "git rev-parse" was loose in rejecting command line arguments
+   that do not make sense, e.g. "--default" without the required
+   value for that option.
+
+ * include.path variable (or any variable that expects a path that
+   can use ~username expansion) in the configuration file is not a
+   boolean, but the code failed to check it.
+
+ * "git diff --quiet -- pathspec1 pathspec2" sometimes did not return
+   correct status value.
+
+ * Attempting to deepen a shallow repository by fetching over smart
+   HTTP transport failed in the protocol exchange, when no-done
+   extension was used.  The fetching side waited for the list of
+   shallow boundary commits after the sending end stopped talking to
+   it.
+
+ * Allow "git cmd path/", when the 'path' is where a submodule is
+   bound to the top-level working tree, to match 'path', despite the
+   extra and unnecessary trailing slash (such a slash is often
+   given by command line completion).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47a34ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+Git v1.9.2 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v1.9.1
+------------------
+
+ * Documentation and in-code comments had many instances of mistaken
+   use of "nor", which have been corrected.
+
+ * "git fetch --prune", when the right-hand-side of multiple fetch
+   refspecs overlap (e.g. storing "refs/heads/*" to
+   "refs/remotes/origin/*", while storing "refs/frotz/*" to
+   "refs/remotes/origin/fr/*"), aggressively thought that lack of
+   "refs/heads/fr/otz" on the origin site meant we should remove
+   "refs/remotes/origin/fr/otz" from us, without checking their
+   "refs/frotz/otz" first.
+
+   Note that such a configuration is inherently unsafe (think what
+   should happen when "refs/heads/fr/otz" does appear on the origin
+   site), but that is not a reason not to be extra careful.
+
+ * "git update-ref --stdin" did not fail a request to create a ref
+   when the ref already existed.
+
+ * "git diff --no-index -Mq a b" fell into an infinite loop.
+
+ * When it is not necessary to edit a commit log message (e.g. "git
+   commit -m" is given a message without specifying "-e"), we used to
+   disable the spawning of the editor by overriding GIT_EDITOR, but
+   this means all the uses of the editor, other than to edit the
+   commit log message, are also affected.
+
+ * "git status --porcelain --branch" showed its output with labels
+   "ahead/behind/gone" translated to the user's locale.
+
+ * "git mv" that moves a submodule forgot to adjust the array that
+   uses to keep track of which submodules were to be moved to update
+   its configuration.
+
+ * Length limit for the pathname used when removing a path in a deep
+   subdirectory has been removed to avoid buffer overflows.
+
+ * The test helper lib-terminal always run an actual test_expect_*
+   when included, which screwed up with the use of skil-all that may
+   have to be done later.
+
+ * "git index-pack" used a wrong variable to name the keep-file in an
+   error message when the file cannot be written or closed.
+
+ * "rebase -i" produced a broken insn sheet when the title of a commit
+   happened to contain '\n' (or ended with '\c') due to a careless use
+   of 'echo'.
+
+ * There were a few instances of 'git-foo' remaining in the
+   documentation that should have been spelled 'git foo'.
+
+ * Serving objects from a shallow repository needs to write a
+   new file to hold the temporary shallow boundaries but it was not
+   cleaned when we exit due to die() or a signal.
+
+ * When "git stash pop" stops after failing to apply the stash
+   (e.g. due to conflicting changes), the stash is not dropped. State
+   that explicitly in the output to let the users know.
+
+ * The labels in "git status" output that describe the nature of
+   conflicts (e.g. "both deleted") were limited to 20 bytes, which was
+   too short for some l10n (e.g. fr).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bd2b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+Git v2.0 Release Notes
+======================
+
+Backward compatibility notes
+----------------------------
+
+When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we have used the
+traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were sent
+to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same name
+over there).  In Git 2.0, the default is now the "simple" semantics,
+which pushes:
+
+ - only the current branch to the branch with the same name, and only
+   when the current branch is set to integrate with that remote
+   branch, if you are pushing to the same remote as you fetch from; or
+
+ - only the current branch to the branch with the same name, if you
+   are pushing to a remote that is not where you usually fetch from.
+
+You can use the configuration variable "push.default" to change
+this.  If you are an old-timer who wants to keep using the
+"matching" semantics, you can set the variable to "matching", for
+example.  Read the documentation for other possibilities.
+
+When "git add -u" and "git add -A" are run inside a subdirectory
+without specifying which paths to add on the command line, they
+operate on the entire tree for consistency with "git commit -a" and
+other commands (these commands used to operate only on the current
+subdirectory).  Say "git add -u ." or "git add -A ." if you want to
+limit the operation to the current directory.
+
+"git add <path>" is the same as "git add -A <path>" now, so that
+"git add dir/" will notice paths you removed from the directory and
+record the removal.  In older versions of Git, "git add <path>" used
+to ignore removals.  You can say "git add --ignore-removal <path>" to
+add only added or modified paths in <path>, if you really want to.
+
+The "-q" option to "git diff-files", which does *NOT* mean "quiet",
+has been removed (it told Git to ignore deletion, which you can do
+with "git diff-files --diff-filter=d").
+
+"git request-pull" lost a few "heuristics" that often led to mistakes.
+
+The default prefix for "git svn" has changed in Git 2.0.  For a long
+time, "git svn" created its remote-tracking branches directly under
+refs/remotes, but it now places them under refs/remotes/origin/ unless
+it is told otherwise with its --prefix option.
+
+
+Updates since v1.9 series
+-------------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * The "multi-mail" post-receive hook (in contrib/) has been updated
+   to a more recent version from the upstream.
+
+ * "git gc --aggressive" learned "--depth" option and
+   "gc.aggressiveDepth" configuration variable to allow use of a less
+   insane depth than the built-in default value of 250.
+
+ * "git log" learned the "--show-linear-break" option to show where a
+   single strand-of-pearls is broken in its output.
+
+ * The "rev-parse --parseopt" mechanism used by scripted Porcelains to
+   parse command line options and to give help text learned to take
+   the argv-help (the placeholder string for an option parameter,
+   e.g. "key-id" in "--gpg-sign=<key-id>").
+
+ * The pattern to find where the function begins in C/C++ used in
+   "diff" and "grep -p" have been updated to help C++ source better.
+
+ * "git rebase" learned to interpret a lone "-" as "@{-1}", the
+   branch that we were previously on.
+
+ * "git commit --cleanup=<mode>" learned a new mode, scissors.
+
+ * "git tag --list" output can be sorted using "version sort" with
+   "--sort=version:refname".
+
+ * Discard the accumulated "heuristics" to guess from which branch the
+   result wants to be pulled from and make sure what the end user
+   specified is not second-guessed by "git request-pull", to avoid
+   mistakes.  When you pushed out your 'master' branch to your public
+   repository as 'for-linus', use the new "master:for-linus" syntax to
+   denote the branch to be pulled.
+
+ * "git grep" learned to behave in a way similar to native grep when
+   "-h" (no header) and "-c" (count) options are given.
+
+ * "git push" via transport-helper interface (e.g. remote-hg) has
+   been updated to allow ref deletion in a way similar to the natively
+   supported transports.
+
+ * The "simple" mode is the default for "git push".
+
+ * "git add -u" and "git add -A", when run without any pathspec, is a
+   tree-wide operation even when run inside a subdirectory of a
+   working tree.
+
+ * "git add <path> is the same as "git add -A <path>" now.
+
+ * "core.statinfo" configuration variable, which is a
+   never-advertised synonym to "core.checkstat", has been removed.
+
+ * The "-q" option to "git diff-files", which does *NOT* mean
+   "quiet", has been removed (it told Git to ignore deletion, which
+   you can do with "git diff-files --diff-filter=d").
+
+ * Server operators can loosen the "tips of refs only" restriction for
+   the remote archive service with the uploadarchive.allowUnreachable
+   configuration option.
+
+ * The progress indicators from various time-consuming commands have
+   been marked for i18n/l10n.
+
+ * "git notes -C <blob>" diagnoses an attempt to use an object that
+   is not a blob as an error.
+
+ * "git config" learned to read from the standard input when "-" is
+   given as the value to its "--file" parameter (attempting an
+   operation to update the configuration in the standard input of
+   course is rejected).
+
+ * Trailing whitespaces in .gitignore files, unless they are quoted
+   for fnmatch(3), e.g. "path\ ", are warned and ignored.  Strictly
+   speaking, this is a backward incompatible change, but very unlikely
+   to bite any sane user and adjusting should be obvious and easy.
+
+ * Many commands that create commits, e.g. "pull", "rebase",
+   learned to take the --gpg-sign option on the command line.
+
+ * "git commit" can be told to always GPG sign the resulting commit
+   by setting "commit.gpgsign" configuration variable to true (the
+   command line option --no-gpg-sign should override it).
+
+ * "git pull" can be told to only accept fast-forward by setting the
+   new "pull.ff" configuration.
+
+ * "git reset" learned "-N" option, which does not reset the index
+   fully for paths the index knows about but the tree-ish the command
+   resets to does not (these paths are kept as intend-to-add entries).
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
+
+ * The compilation options to port to AIX and to MSVC have been
+   updated.
+
+ * We started using wildmatch() in place of fnmatch(3) a few releases
+   ago; complete the process and stop using fnmatch(3).
+
+ * Uses of curl's "multi" interface and "easy" interface do not mix
+   well when we attempt to reuse outgoing connections.  Teach the RPC
+   over http code, used in the smart HTTP transport, not to use the
+   "easy" interface.
+
+ * The bitmap-index feature from JGit has been ported, which should
+   significantly improve performance when serving objects form a
+   repository that uses it.
+
+ * The way "git log --cc" shows a combined diff against multiple
+   parents have been optimized.
+
+ * The prefixcmp() and suffixcmp() functions are gone.  Use
+   starts_with() and ends_with(), and also consider if skip_prefix()
+   suits your needs better when using the former.
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.  Many
+of them came from flurry of activities as GSoC candidate microproject
+exercises.
+
+
+Fixes since v1.9 series
+-----------------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.9 in the maintenance
+track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
+notes for details).
+
+ * "git rebase" used a POSIX shell construct FreeBSD /bin/sh does not
+   work well with.
+   (merge 8cd6596 km/avoid-non-function-return-in-rebase later to maint).
+
+ * zsh prompt (in contrib/) leaked unnecessary error messages.
+
+ * bash completion (in contrib/) did not complete the refs and remotes
+   correctly given "git pu<TAB>" when "pu" is aliased to "push".
+
+ * Some more Unicode codepoints defined in Unicode 6.3 as having zero
+   width have been taught to our display column counting logic.
+   (merge d813ab9 tb/unicode-6.3-zero-width later to maint).
+
+ * Some tests used shell constructs that did not work well on FreeBSD
+   (merge ff7a1c6 km/avoid-bs-in-shell-glob later to maint).
+   (merge 00764ca km/avoid-cp-a later to maint).
+
+ * "git update-ref --stdin" did not fail a request to create a ref
+   when the ref already existed.
+   (merge b9d56b5 mh/update-ref-batch-create-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git diff --no-index -Mq a b" fell into an infinite loop.
+   (merge ad1c3fb jc/fix-diff-no-index-diff-opt-parse later to maint).
+
+ * "git fetch --prune", when the right-hand-side of multiple fetch
+   refspecs overlap (e.g. storing "refs/heads/*" to
+   "refs/remotes/origin/*", while storing "refs/frotz/*" to
+   "refs/remotes/origin/fr/*"), aggressively thought that lack of
+   "refs/heads/fr/otz" on the origin site meant we should remove
+   "refs/remotes/origin/fr/otz" from us, without checking their
+   "refs/frotz/otz" first.
+
+   Note that such a configuration is inherently unsafe (think what
+   should happen when "refs/heads/fr/otz" does appear on the origin
+   site), but that is not a reason not to be extra careful.
+   (merge e6f6371 cn/fetch-prune-overlapping-destination later to maint).
+
+ * "git status --porcelain --branch" showed its output with labels
+   "ahead/behind/gone" translated to the user's locale.
+   (merge 7a76c28 mm/status-porcelain-format-i18n-fix later to maint).
+
+ * A stray environment variable $prefix could have leaked into and
+   affected the behaviour of the "subtree" script (in contrib/).
+
+ * When it is not necessary to edit a commit log message (e.g. "git
+   commit -m" is given a message without specifying "-e"), we used to
+   disable the spawning of the editor by overriding GIT_EDITOR, but
+   this means all the uses of the editor, other than to edit the
+   commit log message, are also affected.
+   (merge b549be0 bp/commit-p-editor later to maint).
+
+ * "git mv" that moves a submodule forgot to adjust the array that
+   uses to keep track of which submodules were to be moved to update
+   its configuration.
+   (merge fb8a4e8 jk/mv-submodules-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Length limit for the pathname used when removing a path in a deep
+   subdirectory has been removed to avoid buffer overflows.
+   (merge 2f29e0c mh/remove-subtree-long-pathname-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The test helper lib-terminal always run an actual test_expect_*
+   when included, which screwed up with the use of skil-all that may
+   have to be done later.
+   (merge 7e27173 jk/lib-terminal-lazy later to maint).
+
+ * "git index-pack" used a wrong variable to name the keep-file in an
+   error message when the file cannot be written or closed.
+   (merge de983a0 nd/index-pack-error-message later to maint).
+
+ * "rebase -i" produced a broken insn sheet when the title of a commit
+   happened to contain '\n' (or ended with '\c') due to a careless use
+   of 'echo'.
+   (merge cb1aefd us/printf-not-echo later to maint).
+
+ * There were a few instances of 'git-foo' remaining in the
+   documentation that should have been spelled 'git foo'.
+   (merge 3c3e6f5 rr/doc-merge-strategies later to maint).
+
+ * Serving objects from a shallow repository needs to write a
+   new file to hold the temporary shallow boundaries but it was not
+   cleaned when we exit due to die() or a signal.
+   (merge 7839632 jk/shallow-update-fix later to maint).
+
+ * When "git stash pop" stops after failing to apply the stash
+   (e.g. due to conflicting changes), the stash is not dropped. State
+   that explicitly in the output to let the users know.
+   (merge 2d4c993 jc/stash-pop-not-popped later to maint).
+
+ * The labels in "git status" output that describe the nature of
+   conflicts (e.g. "both deleted") were limited to 20 bytes, which was
+   too short for some l10n (e.g. fr).
+   (merge c7cb333 jn/wt-status later to maint).
+
+ * "git clean -d pathspec" did not use the given pathspec correctly
+   and ended up cleaning too much.
+   (merge 1f2e108 jk/clean-d-pathspec later to maint).
+
+ * "git difftool" misbehaved when the repository is bound to the
+   working tree with the ".git file" mechanism, where a textual file
+   ".git" tells us where it is.
+   (merge fcfec8b da/difftool-git-files later to maint).
+
+ * "git push" did not pay attention to branch.*.pushremote if it is
+   defined earlier than remote.pushdefault; the order of these two
+   variables in the configuration file should not matter, but it did
+   by mistake.
+   (merge 98b406f jk/remote-pushremote-config-reading later to maint).
+
+ * Codepaths that parse timestamps in commit objects have been
+   tightened.
+   (merge f80d1f9 jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git diff --external-diff" incorrectly fed the submodule directory
+   in the working tree to the external diff driver when it knew it is
+   the same as one of the versions being compared.
+   (merge aba4727 tr/diff-submodule-no-reuse-worktree later to maint).
+
+ * "git reset" needs to refresh the index when working in a working
+   tree (it can also be used to match the index to the HEAD in an
+   otherwise bare repository), but it failed to set up the working
+   tree properly, causing GIT_WORK_TREE to be ignored.
+   (merge b7756d4 nd/reset-setup-worktree later to maint).
+
+ * "git check-attr" when working on a repository with a working tree
+   did not work well when the working tree was specified via the
+   --work-tree (and obviously with --git-dir) option.
+   (merge cdbf623 jc/check-attr-honor-working-tree later to maint).
+
+ * "merge-recursive" was broken in 1.7.7 era and stopped working in
+   an empty (temporary) working tree, when there are renames
+   involved.  This has been corrected.
+   (merge 6e2068a bk/refresh-missing-ok-in-merge-recursive later to maint.)
+
+ * "git rev-parse" was loose in rejecting command line arguments
+   that do not make sense, e.g. "--default" without the required
+   value for that option.
+   (merge a43219f ds/rev-parse-required-args later to maint.)
+
+ * include.path variable (or any variable that expects a path that
+   can use ~username expansion) in the configuration file is not a
+   boolean, but the code failed to check it.
+   (merge 67beb60 jk/config-path-include-fix later to maint.)
+
+ * Commands that take pathspecs on the command line misbehaved when
+   the pathspec is given as an absolute pathname (which is a
+   practice not particularly encouraged) that points at a symbolic
+   link in the working tree.
+   (merge later 655ee9e mw/symlinks to maint.)
+
+ * "git diff --quiet -- pathspec1 pathspec2" sometimes did not return
+   correct status value.
+   (merge f34b205 nd/diff-quiet-stat-dirty later to maint.)
+
+ * Attempting to deepen a shallow repository by fetching over smart
+   HTTP transport failed in the protocol exchange, when no-done
+   extension was used.  The fetching side waited for the list of
+   shallow boundary commits after the sending end stopped talking to
+   it.
+   (merge 0232852 nd/http-fetch-shallow-fix later to maint.)
+
+ * Allow "git cmd path/", when the 'path' is where a submodule is
+   bound to the top-level working tree, to match 'path', despite the
+   extra and unnecessary trailing slash (such a slash is often
+   given by command line completion).
+   (merge 2e70c01 nd/submodule-pathspec-ending-with-slash later to maint.)
+
+ * Documentation and in-code comments had many instances of mistaken
+   use of "nor", which have been corrected.
+   (merge 235e8d5 jl/nor-or-nand-and later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 7055576..e6d46ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -139,8 +139,15 @@
 comment on the changes you are submitting.  It is important for
 a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard
 e-mail tools, so that they may comment on specific portions of
-your code.  For this reason, all patches should be submitted
-"inline".  If your log message (including your name on the
+your code.  For this reason, each patch should be submitted
+"inline" in a separate message.
+
+Multiple related patches should be grouped into their own e-mail
+thread to help readers find all parts of the series.  To that end,
+send them as replies to either an additional "cover letter" message
+(see below), the first patch, or the respective preceding patch.
+
+If your log message (including your name on the
 Signed-off-by line) is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
 you send off a message in the correct encoding.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 499a3c4..d8b6cc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
 
 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
-and `\b` for backspace (BS).  No other char escape sequence, nor octal
-char sequences are valid.
+and `\b` for backspace (BS).  Other char escape sequences (including octal
+escape sequences) are invalid.
 
 Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
 customary UNIX fashion.
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@
 
 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
-in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
-porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
+in the appropriate manual page.
+
+Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables.  When
+inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
+names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
+other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
+
 
 advice.*::
 	These variables control various optional help messages designed to
@@ -142,19 +147,13 @@
 --
 	pushUpdateRejected::
 		Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
-		'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFDefault',
+		'pushNonFFCurrent',
 		'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
 		'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
 		simultaneously.
 	pushNonFFCurrent::
 		Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
 		non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
-	pushNonFFDefault::
-		Advice to set 'push.default' to 'upstream' or 'current'
-		when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed 'matching
-		refs' by default (i.e. you did not provide an explicit
-		refspec, and no 'push.default' configuration was set)
-		and it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
 	pushNonFFMatching::
 		Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
 		'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
@@ -567,6 +566,10 @@
 command to `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. The environment tells the command
 to set the `S` option to chop long lines but the command line
 resets it to the default to fold long lines.
++
+Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
+to `-c`.  You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
+another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
 
 core.whitespace::
 	A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
@@ -823,7 +826,7 @@
 	commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
 	Defaults to false.
 +
-This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
+This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands.  Can be overridden on the
 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
 
@@ -988,6 +991,14 @@
 	have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
 	template yourself, if you do this).
 
+commit.gpgsign::
+
+	A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
+	Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
+	result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
+	convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
+	several times.
+
 commit.status::
 	A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
 	commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
@@ -1145,6 +1156,11 @@
 	object to a worktree file upon checkout.  See
 	linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
 
+gc.aggressiveDepth::
+	The depth parameter used in the delta compression
+	algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
+	to 250.
+
 gc.aggressiveWindow::
 	The window size parameter used in the delta compression
 	algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
@@ -1163,6 +1179,10 @@
 	--auto` consolidates them into one larger pack.  The
 	default	value is 50.  Setting this to 0 disables it.
 
+gc.autodetach::
+	Make `git gc --auto` return immediately andrun in background
+	if the system supports it. Default is true.
+
 gc.packrefs::
 	Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
 	unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
@@ -1597,6 +1617,10 @@
 	The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
 	in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
 
+index.version::
+	Specify the version with which new index files should be
+	initialized.  This does not affect existing repositories.
+
 init.templatedir::
 	Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
 	(See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
@@ -1629,7 +1653,7 @@
 	linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
 	linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
 	setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
-	is not available.
+	is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
 
 log.abbrevCommit::
 	If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
@@ -1902,6 +1926,16 @@
 	Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
 	will be silently ignored.
 
+pull.ff::
+	By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
+	a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
+	tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
+	this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
+	a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
+	line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
+	allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
+	command line).
+
 pull.rebase::
 	When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
 	of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
@@ -1954,7 +1988,7 @@
 pull from, work as `current`.  This is the safest option and is suited
 for beginners.
 +
-This mode will become the default in Git 2.0.
+This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
 
 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
   This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
@@ -1973,8 +2007,8 @@
 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
 branches outside your control.
 +
-This is currently the default, but Git 2.0 will change the default
-to `simple`.
+This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
+new default).
 
 --
 
@@ -2051,6 +2085,10 @@
 	If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
 	after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
 
+receive.shallowupdate::
+	If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
+	require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
+
 remote.pushdefault::
 	The remote to push to by default.  Overrides
 	`branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
@@ -2112,8 +2150,8 @@
 
 remote.<name>.prune::
 	When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
-	remove any remote-tracking branches which no longer exist on the
-	remote (as if the `--prune` option was give on the command line).
+	remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
+	remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
 	Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
 
 remotes.<group>::
@@ -2128,6 +2166,13 @@
 	"false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
 	native protocol are unaffected by this option.
 
+repack.packKeptObjects::
+	If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
+	`--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
+	details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
+	index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
+	`pack.writeBitmaps`).
+
 rerere.autoupdate::
 	When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
 	resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
@@ -2308,6 +2353,13 @@
 	not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
 	The default value is 100.
 
+uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
+	If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
+	any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
+	discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
+	linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
+	`false`.
+
 uploadpack.hiderefs::
 	String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
 	from its initial advertisement.  Use more than one
diff --git a/Documentation/date-formats.txt b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
index c000f08..ccd1fc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/date-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 support the following date formats:
 
 Git internal format::
-	It is `<unix timestamp> <timezone offset>`, where `<unix
+	It is `<unix timestamp> <time zone offset>`, where `<unix
 	timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
-	`<timezone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC.
+	`<time zone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC.
 	For example CET (which is 2 hours ahead UTC) is `+0200`.
 
 RFC 2822::
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index 223b931..f07b451 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@
 diff.noprefix::
 	If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
 
+diff.orderfile::
+	File indicating how to order files within a diff, using
+	one shell glob pattern per line.
+	Can be overridden by the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1].
+
 diff.renameLimit::
 	The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
 	detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 55f499a..843a20b 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 In the above example output, the function signature was changed
 from both files (hence two `-` removals from both file1 and
 file2, plus `++` to mean one line that was added does not appear
-in either file1 nor file2).  Also eight other lines are the same
+in either file1 or file2).  Also eight other lines are the same
 from file1 but do not appear in file2 (hence prefixed with `+`).
 
 When shown by `git diff-tree -c`, it compares the parents of a
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index bbed2cd..6cb083a 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 --irreversible-delete::
 	Omit the preimage for deletes, i.e. print only the header but not
 	the diff between the preimage and `/dev/null`. The resulting patch
-	is not meant to be applied with `patch` nor `git apply`; this is
+	is not meant to be applied with `patch` or `git apply`; this is
 	solely for people who want to just concentrate on reviewing the
 	text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lack
 	enough information to apply such a patch in reverse, even manually,
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@
 -O<orderfile>::
 	Output the patch in the order specified in the
 	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
+	This overrides the `diff.orderfile` configuration variable
+	(see linkgit:git-config[1]).  To cancel `diff.orderfile`,
+	use `-O/dev/null`.
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 -R::
diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index 2a18c1f..b2548ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 <5> create topic branch as needed and apply, again with my
 sign-offs.
 <6> rebase internal topic branch that has not been merged to the
-master, nor exposed as a part of a stable branch.
+master or exposed as a part of a stable branch.
 <7> restart `pu` every time from the next.
 <8> and bundle topic branches still cooking.
 <9> backport a critical fix.
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index ba1fe49..92c68c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,18 @@
 	branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
 
 --unshallow::
-	Convert a shallow repository to a complete one, removing all
-	the limitations imposed by shallow repositories.
+	If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
+	repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
+	imposed by shallow repositories.
++
+If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
+the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
+
+--update-shallow::
+	By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
+	`git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
+	.git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
+	refs.
 
 ifndef::git-pull[]
 --dry-run::
@@ -41,17 +51,20 @@
 
 -p::
 --prune::
-	After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
-	no longer exist	on the remote.
+	After fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no
+	longer exist on the remote.  Tags are not subject to pruning
+	if they are fetched only because of the default tag
+	auto-following or due to a --tags option.  However, if tags
+	are fetched due to an explicit refspec (either on the command
+	line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
+	was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
+	subject to pruning.
 endif::git-pull[]
 
-ifdef::git-pull[]
---no-tags::
-endif::git-pull[]
 ifndef::git-pull[]
 -n::
---no-tags::
 endif::git-pull[]
+--no-tags::
 	By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded
 	from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally.
 	This option disables this automatic tag following. The default
@@ -61,11 +74,12 @@
 ifndef::git-pull[]
 -t::
 --tags::
-	This is a short-hand for giving `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*`
-	refspec from the command line, to ask all tags to be fetched
-	and stored locally.  Because this acts as an explicit
-	refspec, the default refspecs (configured with the
-	remote.$name.fetch variable) are overridden and not used.
+	Fetch all tags from the remote (i.e., fetch remote tags
+	`refs/tags/*` into local tags with the same name), in addition
+	to whatever else would otherwise be fetched.  Using this
+	option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune
+	is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the
+	destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune').
 
 --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]::
 	This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 48754cb..9631526 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@
 	Files to add content from.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
 	be given to add all matching files.  Also a
 	leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
-	and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
-	directory, recursively.
+	and `dir/file2`) can be given to update the index to
+	match the current state of the directory as a whole (e.g.
+	specifying `dir` will record not just a file `dir/file1`
+	modified in the working tree, a file `dir/file2` added to
+	the working tree, but also a file `dir/file3` removed from
+	the working tree.  Note that older versions of Git used
+	to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want
+	to add modified or new files but ignore removed	ones.
 
 -n::
 --dry-run::
@@ -104,10 +110,10 @@
 	<pathspec>.  This removes as well as modifies index entries to
 	match the working tree, but adds no new files.
 +
-If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
-"."; in other words, update all tracked files in the current directory
-and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
-of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
+If no <pathspec> is given when `-u` option is used, all
+tracked files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions
+of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its
+subdirectories).
 
 -A::
 --all::
@@ -117,10 +123,10 @@
 	entry.	This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to
 	match the working tree.
 +
-If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
-"."; in other words, update all files in the current directory
-and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
-of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
+If no <pathspec> is given when `-A` option is used, all
+files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions
+of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its
+subdirectories).
 
 --no-all::
 --ignore-removal::
@@ -129,11 +135,9 @@
 	files that have been removed from the working tree.  This
 	option is a no-op when no <pathspec> is used.
 +
-This option is primarily to help the current users of Git, whose
-"git add <pathspec>..." ignores removed files.  In future versions
-of Git, "git add <pathspec>..." will be a synonym to "git add -A
-<pathspec>..." and "git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>..." will behave like
-today's "git add <pathspec>...", ignoring removed files.
+This option is primarily to help users who are used to older
+versions of Git, whose "git add <pathspec>..." was a synonym
+for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
 
 -N::
 --intent-to-add::
@@ -296,9 +300,9 @@
 
        y - stage this hunk
        n - do not stage this hunk
-       q - quit; do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
+       q - quit; do not stage this hunk or any of the remaining ones
        a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file
-       d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the later hunks in the file
+       d - do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file
        g - select a hunk to go to
        / - search for a hunk matching the given regex
        j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 54d8461..9adce37 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	 [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
 	 [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
 	 [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
-	 [--[no-]scissors]
+	 [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>]
 	 [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
 'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
 
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
 	program that applies
 	the patch.
 
+--patch-format::
+	By default the command will try to detect the patch format
+	automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic
+	detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be
+	interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg.
+
 -i::
 --interactive::
 	Run interactively.
@@ -119,6 +125,10 @@
 	Skip the current patch.  This is only meaningful when
 	restarting an aborted patch.
 
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+	GPG-sign commits.
+
 --continue::
 -r::
 --resolved::
@@ -189,6 +199,11 @@
 commits that is more easily fixed by changing the mailbox (e.g.
 errors in the "From:" lines).
 
+HOOKS
+-----
+This command can run `applypatch-msg`, `pre-applypatch`,
+and `post-applypatch` hooks.  See linkgit:githooks[5] for more
+information.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index b97aaab..cfa1e4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@
 
 --remote=<repo>::
 	Instead of making a tar archive from the local repository,
-	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository. Note that the
+	remote repository may place restrictions on which sha1
+	expressions may be allowed in `<tree-ish>`. See
+	linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for details.
 
 --exec=<git-upload-archive>::
 	Used with --remote to specify the path to the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index f2c85cc..9f23a86 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 development history for when a code snippet occurred in a change. This makes it
 possible to track when a code snippet was added to a file, moved or copied
 between files, and eventually deleted or replaced. It works by searching for
-a text string in the diff. A small example:
+a text string in the diff. A small example of the pickaxe interface
+that searches for `blame_usage`:
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 $ git log --pretty=oneline -S'blame_usage'
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
 at least once for each commit:
 
 - the author name ("author"), email ("author-mail"), time
-  ("author-time"), and timezone ("author-tz"); similarly
+  ("author-time"), and time zone ("author-tz"); similarly
   for committer.
 - the filename in the commit that the line is attributed to.
 - the first line of the commit log message ("summary").
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 322f5ed..f6a16f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
 	The size, in bytes, that the object takes up on disk. See the
 	note about on-disk sizes in the `CAVEATS` section below.
 
+`deltabase`::
+	If the object is stored as a delta on-disk, this expands to the
+	40-hex sha1 of the delta base object. Otherwise, expands to the
+	null sha1 (40 zeroes). See `CAVEATS` below.
+
 `rest`::
 	If this atom is used in the output string, input lines are split
 	at the first whitespace boundary. All characters before that
@@ -152,10 +157,11 @@
 responsible for disk usage. The size of a packed non-delta object may be
 much larger than the size of objects which delta against it, but the
 choice of which object is the base and which is the delta is arbitrary
-and is subject to change during a repack. Note also that multiple copies
-of an object may be present in the object database; in this case, it is
-undefined which copy's size will be reported.
+and is subject to change during a repack.
 
+Note also that multiple copies of an object may be present in the object
+database; in this case, it is undefined which copy's size or delta base
+will be reported.
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 91294f8..33ad2ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@
 	commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on
 	any branch (see below for details).
 +
-As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
-checks out the branch (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
+As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit
+checks out branches (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
 `-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`.
 +
 As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index c205d23..1c03c79 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
+'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff]
+		  [-S[<key-id>]] <commit>...
 'git cherry-pick' --continue
 'git cherry-pick' --quit
 'git cherry-pick' --abort
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@
 --signoff::
 	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
 
+-S[<key-id>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<key-id>]::
+	GPG-sign commits.
+
 --ff::
 	If the current HEAD is the same as the parent of the
 	cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
index 2d0daae..0ea921a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream
+git-cherry - Find commits yet to be applied to upstream
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -12,46 +12,26 @@
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head>
-is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>.
-The diffs are compared after removing any whitespace and line numbers.
+Determine whether there are commits in `<head>..<upstream>` that are
+equivalent to those in the range `<limit>..<head>`.
 
-Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
-has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol.  The ones that have
-equivalent change already
-in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
-that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:
+The equivalence test is based on the diff, after removing whitespace
+and line numbers.  git-cherry therefore detects when commits have been
+"copied" by means of linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1], linkgit:git-am[1] or
+linkgit:git-rebase[1].
 
-               __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
-              /
-    fork-point
-              \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>
-
-
-If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up
-to and including <limit> are not reported:
-
-               __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
-              /
-    fork-point
-              \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>
-
-
-Because 'git cherry' compares the changeset rather than the commit id
-(sha1), you can use 'git cherry' to find out if a commit you made locally
-has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id.  For example,
-this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather
-than pushing or pulling commits directly.
-
+Outputs the SHA1 of every commit in `<limit>..<head>`, prefixed with
+`-` for commits that have an equivalent in <upstream>, and `+` for
+commits that do not.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -v::
-	Verbose.
+	Show the commit subjects next to the SHA1s.
 
 <upstream>::
-	Upstream branch to compare against.
-	Defaults to the first tracked remote branch, if available.
+	Upstream branch to search for equivalent commits.
+	Defaults to the upstream branch of HEAD.
 
 <head>::
 	Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
@@ -59,6 +39,103 @@
 <limit>::
 	Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+Patch workflows
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+git-cherry is frequently used in patch-based workflows (see
+linkgit:gitworkflows[7]) to determine if a series of patches has been
+applied by the upstream maintainer.  In such a workflow you might
+create and send a topic branch like this:
+
+------------
+$ git checkout -b topic origin/master
+# work and create some commits
+$ git format-patch origin/master
+$ git send-email ... 00*
+------------
+
+Later, you can see whether your changes have been applied by saying
+(still on `topic`):
+
+------------
+$ git fetch  # update your notion of origin/master
+$ git cherry -v
+------------
+
+Concrete example
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In a situation where topic consisted of three commits, and the
+maintainer applied two of them, the situation might look like:
+
+------------
+$ git log --graph --oneline --decorate --boundary origin/master...topic
+* 7654321 (origin/master) upstream tip commit
+[... snip some other commits ...]
+* cccc111 cherry-pick of C
+* aaaa111 cherry-pick of A
+[... snip a lot more that has happened ...]
+| * cccc000 (topic) commit C
+| * bbbb000 commit B
+| * aaaa000 commit A
+|/
+o 1234567 branch point
+------------
+
+In such cases, git-cherry shows a concise summary of what has yet to
+be applied:
+
+------------
+$ git cherry origin/master topic
+- cccc000... commit C
++ bbbb000... commit B
+- aaaa000... commit A
+------------
+
+Here, we see that the commits A and C (marked with `-`) can be
+dropped from your `topic` branch when you rebase it on top of
+`origin/master`, while the commit B (marked with `+`) still needs to
+be kept so that it will be sent to be applied to `origin/master`.
+
+
+Using a limit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The optional <limit> is useful in cases where your topic is based on
+other work that is not in upstream.  Expanding on the previous
+example, this might look like:
+
+------------
+$ git log --graph --oneline --decorate --boundary origin/master...topic
+* 7654321 (origin/master) upstream tip commit
+[... snip some other commits ...]
+* cccc111 cherry-pick of C
+* aaaa111 cherry-pick of A
+[... snip a lot more that has happened ...]
+| * cccc000 (topic) commit C
+| * bbbb000 commit B
+| * aaaa000 commit A
+| * 0000fff (base) unpublished stuff F
+[... snip ...]
+| * 0000aaa unpublished stuff A
+|/
+o 1234567 merge-base between upstream and topic
+------------
+
+By specifying `base` as the limit, you can avoid listing commits
+between `base` and `topic`:
+
+------------
+$ git cherry origin/master topic base
+- cccc000... commit C
++ bbbb000... commit B
+- aaaa000... commit A
+------------
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 450f158..0363d00 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -55,15 +55,12 @@
 never use the local optimizations).  Specifying `--no-local` will
 override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular
 Git transport instead.
-+
-To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you
-are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the
-usual "Git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used.
 
 --no-hardlinks::
-	Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a
-	local filesystem by copying files under `.git/objects`
-	directory.
+	Force the cloning process from a repository on a local
+	filesystem to copy the files under the `.git/objects`
+	directory instead of using hardlinks. This may be desirable
+	if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository.
 
 --shared::
 -s::
@@ -181,12 +178,7 @@
 
 --depth <depth>::
 	Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
-	specified number of revisions.  A shallow repository has a
-	number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
-	it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
-	are only interested in the recent history of a large project
-	with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
-	as patches.
+	specified number of revisions.
 
 --[no-]single-branch::
 	Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
@@ -213,7 +205,7 @@
 --separate-git-dir=<git dir>::
 	Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed
 	to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory,
-	then make a filesytem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there.
+	then make a filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there.
 	The result is Git repository can be separated from working
 	tree.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-column.txt b/Documentation/git-column.txt
index 5d6f1cc..03d1846 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-column.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-column.txt
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
 --padding=<N>::
 	The number of spaces between columns. One space by default.
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index cafdc96..a469eab 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,13 @@
 	from the standard input.
 
 -S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
 	GPG-sign commit.
 
+--no-gpg-sign::
+	Countermand `commit.gpgsign` configuration variable that is
+	set to force each and every commit to be signed.
+
 
 Commit Information
 ------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 1a7616c..0bbc8f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	   [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
 	   [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
 	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status]
-	   [-i | -o] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...]
+	   [-i | -o] [-S[<key-id>]] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 --cleanup=<mode>::
 	This option determines how the supplied commit message should be
 	cleaned up before committing.  The '<mode>' can be `strip`,
-	`whitespace`, `verbatim`, or `default`.
+	`whitespace`, `verbatim`, `scissors` or `default`.
 +
 --
 strip::
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@
 	Same as `strip` except #commentary is not removed.
 verbatim::
 	Do not change the message at all.
+scissors::
+	Same as `whitespace`, except that everything from (and
+	including) the line
+	"`# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------`"
+	is truncated if the message is to be edited. "`#`" can be
+	customized with core.commentChar.
 default::
 	Same as `strip` if the message is to be edited.
 	Otherwise `whitespace`.
@@ -302,6 +308,10 @@
 --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
 	GPG-sign commit.
 
+--no-gpg-sign::
+	Countermand `commit.gpgsign` configuration variable that is
+	set to force each and every commit to be signed.
+
 \--::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
index b300e84..2ff3568 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 prune-packable: the number of loose objects that are also present in
 the packs. These objects could be pruned using `git prune-packed`.
 +
-garbage: the number of files in object database that are not valid
-loose objects nor valid packs
+garbage: the number of files in object database that are neither valid loose
+objects nor valid packs
 +
 size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB (unless -H is
 specified)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index d1bcda2..260f39f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 *WARNING:* `git cvsimport` uses cvsps version 2, which is considered
 deprecated; it does not work with cvsps version 3 and later.  If you are
 performing a one-shot import of a CVS repository consider using
-link:http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html[cvs2git] or
-link:https://github.com/BartMassey/parsecvs[parsecvs].
+http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html[cvs2git] or
+https://github.com/BartMassey/parsecvs[parsecvs].
 
 Imports a CVS repository into Git. It will either create a new
 repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	CVS by default uses the Unix username when writing its
 	commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
 	maps the name recorded in CVS to author name, e-mail and
-	optional timezone:
+	optional time zone:
 +
 ---------
 	exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 +
 'git cvsimport' will make it appear as those authors had
 their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
-all along.  If a timezone is specified, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE will
+all along.  If a time zone is specified, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE will
 have the corresponding offset applied.
 +
 For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors`
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 33fbd8c..bbab35f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	commit relative to the named <commit>.  Typically you
 	would want comparison with the latest commit, so if you
 	do not give <commit>, it defaults to HEAD.
-	If HEAD does not exist (e.g. unborned branches) and
+	If HEAD does not exist (e.g. unborn branches) and
 	<commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes.
 	--staged is a synonym of --cached.
 
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
 $ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386   <3>
 ------------
 +
-<1> Show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition
-nor deletion.
+<1> Show only modification, rename, and copy, but not addition
+or deletion.
 <2> Show only names and the nature of change, but not actual
 diff output.
 <3> Limit diff output to named subtrees.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 73f9806..fd22a9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 If the local offset is not available in the source material, use
 ``+0000'', or the most common local offset.  For example many
 organizations have a CVS repository which has only ever been accessed
-by users who are located in the same location and timezone.  In this
+by users who are located in the same location and time zone.  In this
 case a reasonable offset from UTC could be assumed.
 +
 Unlike the `rfc2822` format, this format is very strict.  Any
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 strings which Git will parse wrong, and yet consider valid.
 Seriously malformed strings will be rejected.
 +
-Unlike the `raw` format above, the timezone/UTC offset information
+Unlike the `raw` format above, the time zone/UTC offset information
 contained in an RFC 2822 date string is used to adjust the date
 value to UTC prior to storage.  Therefore it is important that
 this information be as accurate as possible.
@@ -287,13 +287,13 @@
 ambiguity in parsing.
 
 `now`::
-	Always use the current time and timezone.  The literal
+	Always use the current time and time zone.  The literal
 	`now` must always be supplied for `<when>`.
 +
-This is a toy format.  The current time and timezone of this system
+This is a toy format.  The current time and time zone of this system
 is always copied into the identity string at the time it is being
 created by fast-import.  There is no way to specify a different time or
-timezone.
+time zone.
 +
 This particular format is supplied as it's short to implement and
 may be useful to a process that wants to create a new commit
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
index 444b805..93b5067 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag]
 	[--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>]
 	[--depth=<n>] [--no-progress]
-	[-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
+	[-v] <repository> [<refs>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -97,19 +97,18 @@
 -v::
 	Run verbosely.
 
-<host>::
-	A remote host that houses the repository.  When this
-	part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
-	ssh.
-
-<directory>::
-	The repository to sync from.
+<repository>::
+	The URL to the remote repository.
 
 <refs>...::
 	The remote heads to update from. This is relative to
 	$GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master").  When
 	unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-fetch[1]
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index e08a028..5809aa4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -24,19 +24,22 @@
 in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  This information is left for a later merge
 operation done by 'git merge'.
 
-When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches,
-the tags that point at these branches are automatically
-followed.  This is done by first fetching from the remote using
-the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
-pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch
-those missing tags.  If the other end has tags that point at
-branches you are not interested in, you will not get them.
+By default, tags are auto-followed.  This means that when fetching
+from a remote, any tags on the remote that point to objects that exist
+in the local repository are fetched.  The effect is to fetch tags that
+point at branches that you are interested in.  This default behavior
+can be changed by using the --tags or --no-tags options, by
+configuring remote.<name>.tagopt, or by using a refspec that fetches
+tags explicitly.
 
 'git fetch' can fetch from either a single named repository,
 or from several repositories at once if <group> is given and
 there is a remotes.<group> entry in the configuration file.
 (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
 
+When no remote is specified, by default the `origin` remote will be used,
+unless there's an upstream branch configured for the current branch.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 include::fetch-options.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index e4c8e82..09535f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
 Checklist for Shrinking a Repository
 ------------------------------------
 
-git-filter-branch is often used to get rid of a subset of files,
+git-filter-branch can be used to get rid of a subset of files,
 usually with some combination of `--index-filter` and
 `--subdirectory-filter`.  People expect the resulting repository to
 be smaller than the original, but you need a few more steps to
@@ -429,6 +429,37 @@
   (or if your git-gc is not new enough to support arguments to
   `--prune`, use `git repack -ad; git prune` instead).
 
+Notes
+-----
+
+git-filter-branch allows you to make complex shell-scripted rewrites
+of your Git history, but you probably don't need this flexibility if
+you're simply _removing unwanted data_ like large files or passwords.
+For those operations you may want to consider
+http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/[The BFG Repo-Cleaner],
+a JVM-based alternative to git-filter-branch, typically at least
+10-50x faster for those use-cases, and with quite different
+characteristics:
+
+* Any particular version of a file is cleaned exactly _once_. The BFG,
+  unlike git-filter-branch, does not give you the opportunity to
+  handle a file differently based on where or when it was committed
+  within your history. This constraint gives the core performance
+  benefit of The BFG, and is well-suited to the task of cleansing bad
+  data - you don't care _where_ the bad data is, you just want it
+  _gone_.
+
+* By default The BFG takes full advantage of multi-core machines,
+  cleansing commit file-trees in parallel. git-filter-branch cleans
+  commits sequentially (ie in a single-threaded manner), though it
+  _is_ possible to write filters that include their own parallellism,
+  in the scripts executed against each commit.
+
+* The http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/#examples[command options]
+  are much more restrictive than git-filter branch, and dedicated just
+  to the tasks of removing unwanted data- e.g:
+  `--strip-blobs-bigger-than 1M`.
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index f2e08d1..4240875 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,19 @@
 upstream::
 	The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream''
 	from the displayed ref. Respects `:short` in the same way as
-	`refname` above.
+	`refname` above.  Additionally respects `:track` to show
+	"[ahead N, behind M]" and `:trackshort` to show the terse
+	version: ">" (ahead), "<" (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind),
+	or "=" (in sync).  Has no effect if the ref does not have
+	tracking information associated with it.
+
+HEAD::
+	'*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' '
+	otherwise.
+
+color::
+	Change output color.  Followed by `:<colorname>`, where names
+	are described in `color.branch.*`.
 
 In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
 field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
@@ -207,13 +219,9 @@
 eval "$eval"
 ------------
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-show-ref[1]
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index e158a3b..273c466 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@
 the documentation for the --window' option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for
 more details.  This defaults to 250.
 
+Similarly, the optional configuration variable 'gc.aggressiveDepth'
+controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 250.
+
 The optional configuration variable 'gc.pruneExpire' controls how old
 the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned.  The
 default is "2 weeks ago".
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
index e3bcdb5..d422ba4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Lighttpd::
-	Ensure that `mod_cgi`, `mod_alias, `mod_auth`, `mod_setenv` are
+	Ensure that `mod_cgi`, `mod_alias`, `mod_auth`, `mod_setenv` are
 	loaded, then set `GIT_PROJECT_ROOT` appropriately and redirect
 	all requests to the CGI:
 +
@@ -263,14 +263,6 @@
 All CGI environment variables are available to each of the hooks
 invoked by the 'git-receive-pack'.
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 34097ef..1f7bc67 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 -----------
 Shows the commit logs.
 
-The command takes options applicable to the 'git rev-list'
+The command takes options applicable to the `git rev-list`
 command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to
-the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the changes
+the `git diff-*` commands to control how the changes
 each commit introduces are shown.
 
 
@@ -42,29 +42,27 @@
 
 --use-mailmap::
 	Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email
-	to canonical real names and email addresses. See
+	addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. See
 	linkgit:git-shortlog[1].
 
 --full-diff::
-	Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
+	Without this flag, `git log -p <path>...` shows commits that
 	touch the specified paths, and diffs about the same specified
 	paths.  With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch
 	the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only
 	commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
 +
 Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
-produced by --stat etc.
+produced by `--stat`, etc.
 
 --log-size::
-	Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
-	mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If Git is unable to
-	produce a valid value size is set to zero.
-	Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
-	its size is not included.
+	Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit,
+	where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes.
+	Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
+	output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
 
 -L <start>,<end>:<file>::
 -L :<regex>:<file>::
-
 	Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
 	(or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>.  You may
 	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
@@ -80,16 +78,16 @@
 	whole history leading to the current commit).  `origin..HEAD`
 	specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
 	(i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
-	ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges"
+	ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges'
 	section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
 [\--] <path>...::
 	Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
-	that match the specified paths came to be.  See "History
-	Simplification" below for details and other simplification
+	that match the specified paths came to be.  See 'History
+	Simplification' below for details and other simplification
 	modes.
 +
-Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from
+Paths may need to be prefixed with ``\-- '' to separate them from
 options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
@@ -113,12 +111,12 @@
 `git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
 
 	Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
-	in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+	in the `include/scsi` or `drivers/scsi` subdirectories
 
 `git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
 
 	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
-	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+	The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
 	'gitk'
 
 `git log --name-status release..test`::
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@
 
 `git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`::
 
-	Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
+	Shows the commits that changed `builtin/rev-list.c`, including
 	those commits that occurred before the file was given its
 	present name.
 
@@ -147,17 +145,18 @@
 `git log -p -m --first-parent`::
 
 	Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
-	"main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
+	``main branch'' perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
 	branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
 	This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
 	topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
 
 `git log -L '/int main/',/^}/:main.c`::
 
-	Shows how the function `main()` in the file 'main.c' evolved
+	Shows how the function `main()` in the file `main.c` evolved
 	over time.
 
 `git log -3`::
+
 	Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
 
 DISCUSSION
@@ -172,12 +171,12 @@
 for settings related to diff generation.
 
 format.pretty::
-	Default for the `--format` option.  (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.)
-	Defaults to "medium".
+	Default for the `--format` option.  (See 'Pretty Formats' above.)
+	Defaults to `medium`.
 
 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
-	Encoding to use when displaying logs.  (See "Discussion", above.)
-	Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8
+	Encoding to use when displaying logs.  (See 'Discussion' above.)
+	Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, and UTF-8
 	otherwise.
 
 log.date::
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@
 	dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
 
 log.showroot::
-	If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the
+	If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
 	initial commit as a big creation event.  Any root commits in
 	`git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached.
 	The default is `true`.
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@
 notes.displayRef::
 	Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
 	or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
-	messages with the 'log' family of commands.  See
+	messages with the `log` family of commands.  See
 	linkgit:git-notes[1].
 +
 May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified
diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d549328..0000000
--- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-git-lost-found(1)
-=================
-
-NAME
-----
-git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-'git lost-found'
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-
-*NOTE*: this command is deprecated.  Use linkgit:git-fsck[1] with
-the option '--lost-found' instead.
-
-Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and
-creates refs to them in the .git/lost-found/ directory.  Commits and
-tags that dereference to commits are stored in .git/lost-found/commit,
-and other objects are stored in .git/lost-found/other.
-
-
-OUTPUT
-------
-Prints to standard output the object names and one-line descriptions
-of any commits or tags found.
-
-EXAMPLE
--------
-
-Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistype the tag to overwrite.
-The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git
-prune', the tag itself is still there.
-
-------------
-$ git lost-found
-[1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6] GIT 0.99.9c
-...
-------------
-
-Also you can use gitk to browse how any tags found relate to each
-other.
-
-------------
-$ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*)
-------------
-
-After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking
-for, you can reconnect it to your regular `refs` hierarchy by using
-the `update-ref` command.
-
-------------
-$ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196
-tag
-$ git cat-file tag 1ef2b196
-object fa41bbce8e38c67a218415de6cfa510c7e50032a
-type commit
-tag v0.99.9c
-tagger Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1131059594 -0800
-
-GIT 0.99.9c
-
-This contains the following changes from the "master" branch, since
-...
-$ git update-ref refs/tags/not-lost-anymore 1ef2b196
-$ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore
-1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6
-------------
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index 87842e3..808426f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 'git merge-base' [-a|--all] --octopus <commit>...
 'git merge-base' --is-ancestor <commit> <commit>
 'git merge-base' --independent <commit>...
+'git merge-base' --fork-point <ref> [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@
 ancestor', i.e. a 'merge base'.  Note that there can be more than one
 merge base for a pair of commits.
 
-OPERATION MODE
---------------
+OPERATION MODES
+---------------
 
 As the most common special case, specifying only two commits on the
 command line means computing the merge base between the given two commits.
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@
 	and exit with status 0 if true, or with status 1 if not.
 	Errors are signaled by a non-zero status that is not 1.
 
+--fork-point::
+	Find the point at which a branch (or any history that leads
+	to <commit>) forked from another branch (or any reference)
+	<ref>. This does not just look for the common ancestor of
+	the two commits, but also takes into account the reflog of
+	<ref> to see if the history leading to <commit> forked from
+	an earlier incarnation of the branch <ref> (see discussion
+	on this mode below).
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -137,6 +146,31 @@
 
 instead.
 
+Discussion on fork-point mode
+-----------------------------
+
+After working on the `topic` branch created with `git checkout -b
+topic origin/master`, the history of remote-tracking branch
+`origin/master` may have been rewound and rebuilt, leading to a
+history of this shape:
+
+			 o---B1
+			/
+	---o---o---B2--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
+		\
+		 B3
+		  \
+		   Derived (topic)
+
+where `origin/master` used to point at commits B3, B2, B1 and now it
+points at B, and your `topic` branch was started on top of it back
+when `origin/master` was at B3. This mode uses the reflog of
+`origin/master` to find B3 as the fork point, so that the `topic`
+can be rebased on top of the updated `origin/master` by:
+
+    $ fork_point=$(git merge-base --fork-point origin/master topic)
+    $ git rebase --onto origin/master $fork_point topic
+
 
 See also
 --------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 4395459..a3c1fa3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 --------
 [verse]
 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit]
-	[-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]]
+	[-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<key-id>]]
 	[--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...]
 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
 'git merge' --abort
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
index b1f7988..e453132 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@
 It also will attempt to update the submodule.<name>.path setting in
 the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file and stage that file (unless -n is used).
 
+BUGS
+----
+Each time a superproject update moves a populated submodule (e.g. when
+switching between commits before and after the move) a stale submodule
+checkout will remain in the old location and an empty directory will
+appear in the new location. To populate the submodule again in the new
+location the user will have to run "git submodule update"
+afterwards. Removing the old directory is only safe when it uses a
+gitfile, as otherwise the history of the submodule will be deleted
+too. Both steps will be obsolete when recursive submodule update has
+been implemented.
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 46ef046..310f0a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 'git notes' append [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
 'git notes' edit [<object>]
 'git notes' show [<object>]
-'git notes' merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes_ref>
+'git notes' merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes-ref>
 'git notes' merge --commit [-v | -q]
 'git notes' merge --abort [-v | -q]
 'git notes' remove [--ignore-missing] [--stdin] [<object>...]
@@ -375,16 +375,6 @@
 If not set in the environment, the list of notes to copy depends
 on the `notes.rewrite.<command>` and `notes.rewriteRef` settings.
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> and
-Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and Johan Herland
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 8cba16d..6ab5f94 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
 --git-dir <dir>::
 	Set the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable.  See linkgit:git[1].
 
---verbose, -v::
+-v::
+--verbose::
 	Provide more progress information.
 
 Sync options
@@ -279,7 +280,8 @@
 	Export tags from Git as p4 labels. Tags found in Git are applied
 	to the perforce working directory.
 
---dry-run, -n::
+-n::
+--dry-run::
 	Show just what commits would be submitted to p4; do not change
 	state in Git or p4.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index d94edcd..d2d8f47 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@
 	<base-name> to determine the name of the created file.
 	When this option is used, the two files are written in
 	<base-name>-<SHA-1>.{pack,idx} files.  <SHA-1> is a hash
-	of the sorted object names to make the resulting filename
-	based on the pack content, and written to the standard
+	based on the pack content and is written to the standard
 	output of the command.
 
 --stdout::
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@
 	the same way as 'git rev-list' with the `--objects` flag
 	uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
 	outputs.  The objects on the resulting list are packed.
+	Besides revisions, `--not` or `--shallow <SHA-1>` lines are
+	also accepted.
 
 --unpacked::
 	This implies `--revs`.  When processing the list of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 87ea3fb..0000000
--- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-git-peek-remote(1)
-==================
-
-NAME
-----
-git-peek-remote - List the references in a remote repository
-
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-'git peek-remote' [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory>
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This command is deprecated; use 'git ls-remote' instead.
-
-OPTIONS
--------
---upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>::
-	Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the
-	remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. Some
-	installations of sshd ignores the user's environment
-	setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and
-	your privately installed git may not be found on the system
-	default $PATH.  Another workaround suggested is to set
-	up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people
-	who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive
-	shells, but prefer having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of
-	the things up in .bash_profile).
-
-<host>::
-	A remote host that houses the repository.  When this
-	part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
-	ssh.
-
-<directory>::
-	The repository to sync from.
-
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
index bf82410..7a493c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 In addition, it
 prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
 running 'git prune-packed'.
+It also removes entries from .git/shallow that are not reachable by
+any ref.
 
 Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain.  If this is
 not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1].
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@
 EXAMPLE
 -------
 
-To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that
+To prune objects not used by your repository or another that
 borrows from your repository via its
 `.git/objects/info/alternates`:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index beea10b..200eb22 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 	  A---B---C master on origin
 	 /
     D---E---F---G master
+	^
+	origin/master in your repository
 ------------
 
 Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@
 and a log message from the user describing the changes.
 
 ------------
-	  A---B---C remotes/origin/master
+	  A---B---C origin/master
 	 /         \
     D---E---F---G---H master
 ------------
@@ -97,10 +99,10 @@
 Options related to merging
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-include::merge-options.txt[]
-
 :git-pull: 1
 
+include::merge-options.txt[]
+
 -r::
 --rebase[=false|true|preserve]::
 	When true, rebase the current branch on top of the upstream
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 9eec740..21cd455 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@
 +
 The <dst> tells which ref on the remote side is updated with this
 push. Arbitrary expressions cannot be used here, an actual ref must
-be named. If `:`<dst> is omitted, the same ref as <src> will be
-updated.
+be named.
+If `git push [<repository>]` without any `<refspec>` argument is set to
+update some ref at the destination with `<src>` with
+`remote.<repository>.push` configuration variable, `:<dst>` part can
+be omitted---such a push will update a ref that `<src>` normally updates
+without any `<refspec>` on the command line.  Otherwise, missing
+`:<dst>` means to update the same ref as the `<src>`.
 +
 The object referenced by <src> is used to update the <dst> reference
 on the remote side.  By default this is only allowed if <dst> is not
@@ -78,8 +83,8 @@
 already exists on the remote side.
 
 --all::
-	Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
-	refs under `refs/heads/` be pushed.
+	Push all branches (i.e. refs under `refs/heads/`); cannot be
+	used with other <refspec>.
 
 --prune::
 	Remove remote branches that don't have a local counterpart. For example
@@ -380,7 +385,7 @@
 The command by default does not allow an update that is not a fast-forward
 to prevent such loss of history.
 
-If you do not want to lose your work (history from X to B) nor the work by
+If you do not want to lose your work (history from X to B) or the work by
 the other person (history from X to A), you would need to first fetch the
 history from the repository, create a history that contains changes done
 by both parties, and push the result back.
@@ -437,8 +442,10 @@
 	configured for the current branch).
 
 `git push origin`::
-	Without additional configuration, works like
-	`git push origin :`.
+	Without additional configuration, pushes the current branch to
+	the configured upstream (`remote.origin.merge` configuration
+	variable) if it has the same name as the current branch, and
+	errors out without pushing otherwise.
 +
 The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be
 configured by setting the `push` option of the remote, or the `push.default`
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index c4bde65..056c0db 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 -n::
 --dry-run::
 	Check if the command would error out, without updating the index
-	nor the files in the working tree for real.
+	or the files in the working tree for real.
 
 -v::
 	Show the progress of checking files out.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 94e07fd..2a93c64 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@
 	specified, `-s recursive`.  Note the reversal of 'ours' and
 	'theirs' as noted above for the `-m` option.
 
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+	GPG-sign commits.
+
 -q::
 --quiet::
 	Be quiet. Implies --no-stat.
@@ -324,6 +328,16 @@
 the reversion" (see the
 link:howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html[revert-a-faulty-merge How-To] for details).
 
+--fork-point::
+--no-fork-point::
+	Use 'git merge-base --fork-point' to find a better common ancestor
+	between `upstream` and `branch` when calculating which commits have
+	have been introduced by `branch` (see linkgit:git-merge-base[1]).
++
+If no non-option arguments are given on the command line, then the default is
+`--fork-point @{u}` otherwise the `upstream` argument is interpreted literally
+unless the `--fork-point` option is specified.
+
 --ignore-whitespace::
 --whitespace=<option>::
 	These flag are passed to the 'git apply' program
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt
index 8cfc748..cd0bb77 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@
 	determined by the helper using environment variables (see
 	above).
 
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara, Jonathan Nieder and the Git list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt
index 933c2ad..bcd3766 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
 `git push fd::7,8/bar master`::
 	Same as above.
 
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara and the Git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 2507c8b..cb103c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
+git-remote - Manage set of tracked repositories
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index dad186c..4786a78 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
+This command is used to combine all objects that do not currently
 reside in a "pack", into a pack.  It can also be used to re-organize
 existing packs into a single, more efficient pack.
 
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@
 	must be able to refer to all reachable objects. This option
 	overrides the setting of `pack.writebitmaps`.
 
+--pack-kept-objects::
+	Include objects in `.keep` files when repacking.  Note that we
+	still do not delete `.keep` packs after `pack-objects` finishes.
+	This means that we may duplicate objects, but this makes the
+	option safe to use when there are concurrent pushes or fetches.
+	This option is generally only useful if you are writing bitmaps
+	with `-b` or `pack.writebitmaps`, as it ensures that the
+	bitmapped packfile has the necessary objects.
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index f373ab4..0a02f70 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [verse]
 'git replace' [-f] <object> <replacement>
 'git replace' -d <object>...
-'git replace' -l [<pattern>]
+'git replace' [--format=<format>] [-l [<pattern>]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -70,6 +70,23 @@
 	Typing "git replace" without arguments, also lists all replace
 	refs.
 
+--format=<format>::
+	When listing, use the specified <format>, which can be one of
+	'short', 'medium' and 'long'. When omitted, the format
+	defaults to 'short'.
+
+FORMATS
+-------
+
+The following format are available:
+
+* 'short':
+	<replaced sha1>
+* 'medium':
+	<replaced sha1> -> <replacement sha1>
+* 'long':
+	<replaced sha1> (<replaced type>) -> <replacement sha1> (<replacement type>)
+
 CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ec115b..0000000
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-git-repo-config(1)
-==================
-
-NAME
-----
-git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options
-
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-'git repo-config' ...
-
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-
-This is a synonym for linkgit:git-config[1].  Please refer to the
-documentation of that command.
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index b99681c..283577b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -13,22 +13,65 @@
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-Summarizes the changes between two commits to the standard output, and includes
-the given URL in the generated summary.
+Generate a request asking your upstream project to pull changes into
+their tree.  The request, printed to the standard output, summarizes
+the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
+
+The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by
+`<start>` and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made
+since that commit, up to the commit named by `<end>`, by visiting
+the repository named by `<url>`.
+
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -p::
-	Show patch text
+	Include patch text in the output.
 
 <start>::
-	Commit to start at.
+	Commit to start at.  This names a commit that is already in
+	the upstream history.
 
 <url>::
-	URL to include in the summary.
+	The repository URL to be pulled from.
 
 <end>::
-	Commit to end at; defaults to HEAD.
+	Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD).  This names the commit
+	at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled.
++
+When the repository named by `<url>` has the commit at a tip of a
+ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the
+`<local>:<remote>` syntax, to have its local name, a colon `:`, and
+its remote name.
+
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+Imagine that you built your work on your `master` branch on top of
+the `v1.0` release, and want it to be integrated to the project.
+First you push that change to your public repository for others to
+see:
+
+	git push https://git.ko.xz/project master
+
+Then, you run this command:
+
+	git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master
+
+which will produce a request to the upstream, summarizing the
+changes between the `v1.0` release and your `master`, to pull it
+from your public repository.
+
+If you pushed your change to a branch whose name is different from
+the one you have locally, e.g.
+
+	git push https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
+
+then you can ask that to be pulled with
+
+	git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
+
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index f445cb3..25432d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [verse]
 'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
 'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
-'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' [--soft | --mixed [-N] | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...::
 	This form resets the index entries for all <paths> to their
-	state at <tree-ish>.  (It does not affect the working tree, nor
+	state at <tree-ish>.  (It does not affect the working tree or
 	the current branch.)
 +
 This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 +
 --
 --soft::
-	Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all (but
+	Does not touch the index file or the working tree at all (but
 	resets the head to <commit>, just like all modes do). This leaves
 	all your changed files "Changes to be committed", as 'git status'
 	would put it.
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 	Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files
 	are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not
 	been updated. This is the default action.
++
+If `-N` is specified, removed paths are marked as intent-to-add (see
+linkgit:git-add[1]).
 
 --hard::
 	Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@
 <2> Somebody asks you to pull, and the changes sounds worthy of merging.
 <3> However, you already dirtied the index (i.e. your index does
 not match the HEAD commit).  But you know the pull you are going
-to make does not affect frotz.c nor filfre.c, so you revert the
+to make does not affect frotz.c or filfre.c, so you revert the
 index changes for these two files.  Your changes in working tree
 remain there.
 <4> Then you can pull and merge, leaving frotz.c and filfre.c
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index d068a65..987395d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 	the first non-option argument.  This can be used to parse sub-commands
 	that take options themselves.
 
+--stuck-long::
+	Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Output the options in their
+	long form if available, and with their arguments stuck.
+
 Options for Filtering
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -173,6 +177,20 @@
 	character (`?`, `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
 	match by appending `/*`.
 
+--exclude=<glob-pattern>::
+	Do not include refs matching '<glob-pattern>' that the next `--all`,
+	`--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or `--glob` would otherwise
+	consider. Repetitions of this option accumulate exclusion patterns
+	up to the next `--all`, `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or
+	`--glob` option (other options or arguments do not clear
+	accumlated patterns).
++
+The patterns given should not begin with `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, or
+`refs/remotes` when applied to `--branches`, `--tags`, or `--remotes`,
+respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob`
+or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given
+explicitly.
+
 --disambiguate=<prefix>::
 	Show every object whose name begins with the given prefix.
 	The <prefix> must be at least 4 hexadecimal digits long to
@@ -266,26 +284,28 @@
 
 'git rev-parse --parseopt' input format is fully text based. It has two parts,
 separated by a line that contains only `--`. The lines before the separator
-(should be more than one) are used for the usage.
+(should be one or more) are used for the usage.
 The lines after the separator describe the options.
 
 Each line of options has this format:
 
 ------------
-<opt_spec><flags>* SP+ help LF
+<opt-spec><flags>*<arg-hint>? SP+ help LF
 ------------
 
-`<opt_spec>`::
+`<opt-spec>`::
 	its format is the short option character, then the long option name
 	separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least one
 	is necessary. `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are all three correct
-	`<opt_spec>`.
+	`<opt-spec>`.
 
 `<flags>`::
 	`<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`.
 	* Use `=` if the option takes an argument.
 
-	* Use `?` to mean that the option is optional (though its use is discouraged).
+	* Use `?` to mean that the option takes an optional argument. You
+	  probably want to use the `--stuck-long` mode to be able to
+	  unambiguously parse the optional argument.
 
 	* Use `*` to mean that this option should not be listed in the usage
 	  generated for the `-h` argument. It's shown for `--help-all` as
@@ -293,6 +313,12 @@
 
 	* Use `!` to not make the corresponding negated long option available.
 
+`<arg-hint>`::
+	`<arg-hint>`, if specified, is used as a name of the argument in the
+	help output, for options that take arguments. `<arg-hint>` is
+	terminated by the first whitespace.  It is customary to use a
+	dash to separate words in a multi-word argument hint.
+
 The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used
 as the help associated to the option.
 
@@ -313,6 +339,8 @@
 
 foo       some nifty option --foo
 bar=      some cool option --bar with an argument
+baz=arg   another cool option --baz with a named argument
+qux?path  qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
 
   An option group Header
 C?        option C with an optional argument"
@@ -320,6 +348,28 @@
 eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)"
 ------------
 
+
+Usage text
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When `"$@"` is `-h` or `--help` in the above example, the following
+usage text would be shown:
+
+------------
+usage: some-command [options] <args>...
+
+    some-command does foo and bar!
+
+    -h, --help            show the help
+    --foo                 some nifty option --foo
+    --bar ...             some cool option --bar with an argument
+    --baz <arg>           another cool option --baz with a named argument
+    --qux[=<path>]        qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
+
+An option group Header
+    -C[...]               option C with an optional argument
+------------
+
 SQ-QUOTE
 --------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index 2de67a5..cceb5f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>...
+'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<key-id>]] <commit>...
 'git revert' --continue
 'git revert' --quit
 'git revert' --abort
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
 effect to your index in a row.
 
+-S[<key-id>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<key-id>]::
+	GPG-sign commits.
+
 -s::
 --signoff::
 	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
index 9d731b4..f1efc11 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@
 	(i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it
 	does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
 
+BUGS
+----
+Each time a superproject update removes a populated submodule
+(e.g. when switching between commits before and after the removal) a
+stale submodule checkout will remain in the old location. Removing the
+old directory is only safe when it uses a gitfile, as otherwise the
+history of the submodule will be deleted too. This step will be
+obsolete when recursive submodule update has been implemented.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-add[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index a515648..b91d4e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
 
 It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
-no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
+no <rev> or <glob> is given on the command line.
 
 
 OPTIONS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index b0a309b..2a6f89b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	Show references matching one or more patterns. Patterns are matched from
 	the end of the full name, and only complete parts are matched, e.g.
 	'master' matches 'refs/heads/master', 'refs/remotes/origin/master',
-	'refs/tags/jedi/master' but not 'refs/heads/mymaster' nor
+	'refs/tags/jedi/master' but not 'refs/heads/mymaster' or
 	'refs/remotes/master/jedi'.
 
 OUTPUT
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
+linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1],
 linkgit:git-ls-remote[1],
 linkgit:git-update-ref[1],
 linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index db7e803..375213f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
-save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
+save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
 
 	Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset
 	--hard` to revert them.  The <message> part is optional and gives
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index a4acaa0..def635f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 OUTPUT
 ------
 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
-template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
+template comment.
 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
 verbose and descriptive.  Its contents and format are subject to change
 at any time.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index bfef8a0..89c4d3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
-	      [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>]
-	      [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
+	      [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>]
+	      [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
 	      [commit] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 -b::
 --branch::
 	Branch of repository to add as submodule.
-	The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<path>.branch` in
+	The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in
 	`.gitmodules` for `update --remote`.
 
 -f::
@@ -281,12 +281,31 @@
 fetches the submodule's remote repository before calculating the
 SHA-1.  If you don't want to fetch, you should use `submodule update
 --remote --no-fetch`.
++
+Use this option to integrate changes from the upstream subproject with
+your submodule's current HEAD.  Alternatively, you can run `git pull`
+from the submodule, which is equivalent except for the remote branch
+name: `update --remote` uses the default upstream repository and
+`submodule.<name>.branch`, while `git pull` uses the submodule's
+`branch.<name>.merge`.  Prefer `submodule.<name>.branch` if you want
+to distribute the default upstream branch with the superproject and
+`branch.<name>.merge` if you want a more native feel while working in
+the submodule itself.
 
 -N::
 --no-fetch::
 	This option is only valid for the update command.
 	Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
 
+--checkout::
+	This option is only valid for the update command.
+	Checkout the commit recorded in the superproject on a detached HEAD
+	in the submodule. This is the default behavior, the main use of
+	this option is to override `submodule.$name.update` when set to
+	`merge`, `rebase` or `none`.
+	If the key `submodule.$name.update` is either not explicitly set or
+	set to `checkout`, this option is implicit.
+
 --merge::
 	This option is only valid for the update command.
 	Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 2a38476..5b3c38d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -86,13 +86,11 @@
 	(refs/remotes/$remote/*). Setting a prefix is also useful
 	if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common
 	repository.
+	By default, the prefix is set to 'origin/'.
 +
-NOTE: In Git v2.0, the default prefix will CHANGE from "" (no prefix)
-to "origin/". This is done to put SVN-tracking refs at
-"refs/remotes/origin/*" instead of "refs/remotes/*", and make them
-more compatible with how Git's own remote-tracking refs are organized
-(i.e. refs/remotes/$remote/*). You can enjoy the same benefits today,
-by using the --prefix option.
+NOTE: Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This
+meant that SVN-tracking refs were put at "refs/remotes/*", which is
+incompatible with how Git's own remote-tracking refs are organized.
 
 --ignore-paths=<regex>;;
 	When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
@@ -124,15 +122,15 @@
 '$GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*' in the FILES section below for details).
 
 --localtime;;
-	Store Git commit times in the local timezone instead of UTC.  This
+	Store Git commit times in the local time zone instead of UTC.  This
 	makes 'git log' (even without --date=local) show the same times
-	that `svn log` would in the local timezone.
+	that `svn log` would in the local time zone.
 +
 This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion
 repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git
 repository to be able to interoperate with someone else's local Git
 repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in
-the same local timezone.
+the same local time zone.
 
 --parent;;
 	Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
@@ -175,11 +173,11 @@
 	precedence over '--include-paths'.
 
 --log-window-size=<n>;;
-    Fetch <n> log entries per request when scanning Subversion history.
-    The default is 100. For very large Subversion repositories, larger
-    values may be needed for 'clone'/'fetch' to complete in reasonable
-    time. But overly large values may lead to higher memory usage and
-    request timeouts.
+	Fetch <n> log entries per request when scanning Subversion history.
+	The default is 100. For very large Subversion repositories, larger
+	values may be needed for 'clone'/'fetch' to complete in reasonable
+	time. But overly large values may lead to higher memory usage and
+	request timeouts.
 
 'clone'::
 	Runs 'init' and 'fetch'.  It will automatically create a
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@
 	For each patch, one may answer "yes" (accept this patch), "no" (discard this
 	patch), "all" (accept all patches), or "quit".
 	+
-       'git svn dcommit' returns immediately if answer is "no" or "quit", without
+	'git svn dcommit' returns immediately if answer is "no" or "quit", without
 	committing anything to SVN.
 
 'branch'::
@@ -366,12 +364,12 @@
 Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log'
 
 'blame'::
-       Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. The
-       output of this mode is format-compatible with the output of
-       `svn blame' by default. Like the SVN blame command,
-       local uncommitted changes in the working tree are ignored;
-       the version of the file in the HEAD revision is annotated. Unknown
-       arguments are passed directly to 'git blame'.
+	Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. The
+	output of this mode is format-compatible with the output of
+	`svn blame' by default. Like the SVN blame command,
+	local uncommitted changes in the working tree are ignored;
+	the version of the file in the HEAD revision is annotated. Unknown
+	arguments are passed directly to 'git blame'.
 +
 --git-format;;
 	Produce output in the same format as 'git blame', but with
@@ -830,7 +828,7 @@
 # View all branches and tags you have cloned:
 	git branch -r
 # Create a new branch in SVN
-    git svn branch waldo
+	git svn branch waldo
 # Reset your master to trunk (or any other branch, replacing 'trunk'
 # with the appropriate name):
 	git reset --hard svn/trunk
@@ -994,16 +992,6 @@
 branches and tags is required, the options '--trunk' / '--branches' /
 '--tags' must be used.
 
-When using the options for describing the repository layout (--trunk,
---tags, --branches, --stdlayout), please also specify the --prefix
-option (e.g. '--prefix=origin/') to cause your SVN-tracking refs to be
-placed at refs/remotes/origin/* rather than the default refs/remotes/*.
-The former is more compatible with the layout of Git's "regular"
-remote-tracking refs (refs/remotes/$remote/*), and may potentially
-prevent similarly named SVN branches and Git remotes from clobbering
-each other. In Git v2.0 the default prefix used (i.e. when no --prefix
-is given) will change from "" (no prefix) to "origin/".
-
 When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically
 handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have
 the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name).  In these cases,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index c418c44..b424a1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@
 	using fnmatch(3)).  Multiple patterns may be given; if any of
 	them matches, the tag is shown.
 
+--sort=<type>::
+	Sort in a specific order. Supported type is "refname"
+	(lexicographic order), "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag
+	names are treated as versions). Prepend "-" to reverse sort
+	order.
+
 --column[=<options>]::
 --no-column::
 	Display tag listing in columns. See configuration variable
@@ -103,8 +109,9 @@
 +
 This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
 
---contains <commit>::
-	Only list tags which contain the specified commit.
+--contains [<commit>]::
+	Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
+	specified).
 
 --points-at <object>::
 	Only list tags of the given object.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f7362dc..0000000
--- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-git-tar-tree(1)
-===============
-
-NAME
-----
-git-tar-tree - Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object
-
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-'git tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED.  Use 'git archive' with `--format=tar`
-option instead (and move the <base> argument to `--prefix=base/`).
-
-Creates a tar archive containing the tree structure for the named tree.
-When <base> is specified it is added as a leading path to the files in the
-generated tar archive.
-
-'git tar-tree' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when given
-a commit ID or tag ID.  In the first case the current time is used as
-modification time of each file in the archive.  In the latter case the
-commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead.
-Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header.
-It can be extracted using 'git get-tar-commit-id'.
-
-OPTIONS
--------
-
-<tree-ish>::
-	The tree or commit to produce tar archive for.  If it is
-	the object name of a commit object.
-
-<base>::
-	Leading path to the files in the resulting tar archive.
-
---remote=<repo>::
-	Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
-	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
-
-CONFIGURATION
--------------
-
-tar.umask::
-	This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
-	tar archive entries.  The default is 0002, which turns off the
-	world write bit.  The special value "user" indicates that the
-	archiving user's umask will be used instead.  See umask(2) for
-	details.
-
-EXAMPLES
---------
-`git tar-tree HEAD junk | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`::
-
-	Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
-	latest commit on the current branch, and extracts it in
-	`/var/tmp/junk` directory.
-
-`git tar-tree v1.4.0 git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
-
-	Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release.
-
-`git tar-tree v1.4.0^{tree} git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
-
-	Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
-	global extended pax header.
-
-`git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar`::
-
-	Get a tarball v1.4.0 from example.com.
-
-`git tar-tree HEAD:Documentation/ git-docs > git-1.4.0-docs.tar`::
-
-	Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
-	into 'git-1.4.0-docs.tar', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
index ff23494..12cb108 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] <pack-file
+'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] < <pack-file>
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index e0a8702..d6de4a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 'git update-index'
 	     [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace]
 	     [--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]
-	     [(--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>)...]
+	     [(--cacheinfo <mode>,<object>,<file>)...]
 	     [--chmod=(+|-)x]
 	     [--[no-]assume-unchanged]
 	     [--[no-]skip-worktree]
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@
 --ignore-missing::
 	Ignores missing files during a --refresh
 
+--cacheinfo <mode>,<object>,<path>::
 --cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>::
-	Directly insert the specified info into the index.
+	Directly insert the specified info into the index.  For
+	backward compatibility, you can also give these three
+	arguments as three separate parameters, but new users are
+	encouraged to use a single-parameter form.
 
 --index-info::
         Read index information from stdin.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
index d09bbb5..cbef61b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,38 @@
 for the protocol is on the 'git archive' side, and the program pair
 is meant to be used to get an archive from a remote repository.
 
+SECURITY
+--------
+
+In order to protect the privacy of objects that have been removed from
+history but may not yet have been pruned, `git-upload-archive` avoids
+serving archives for commits and trees that are not reachable from the
+repository's refs.  However, because calculating object reachability is
+computationally expensive, `git-upload-archive` implements a stricter
+but easier-to-check set of rules:
+
+  1. Clients may request a commit or tree that is pointed to directly by
+     a ref. E.g., `git archive --remote=origin v1.0`.
+
+  2. Clients may request a sub-tree within a commit or tree using the
+     `ref:path` syntax. E.g., `git archive --remote=origin v1.0:Documentation`.
+
+  3. Clients may _not_ use other sha1 expressions, even if the end
+     result is reachable. E.g., neither a relative commit like `master^`
+     nor a literal sha1 like `abcd1234` is allowed, even if the result
+     is reachable from the refs.
+
+Note that rule 3 disallows many cases that do not have any privacy
+implications. These rules are subject to change in future versions of
+git, and the server accessed by `git archive --remote` may or may not
+follow these exact rules.
+
+If the config option `uploadArchive.allowUnreachable` is true, these
+rules are ignored, and clients may use arbitrary sha1 expressions.
+This is useful if you do not care about the privacy of unreachable
+objects, or if your object database is already publicly available for
+access via non-smart-http.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <directory>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
index 5aec4ec..2de575f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 * open (this is the default under Mac OS X GUI)
 * start (this is the default under MinGW)
 * cygstart (this is the default under Cygwin)
+* xdg-open
 
 Custom commands may also be specified.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4f7e07f..35eb677 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,30 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.8.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.4.1]
+* link:v1.9.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.9.2]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.9.2.txt[1.9.2],
+  link:RelNotes/1.9.1.txt[1.9.1],
+  link:RelNotes/1.9.0.txt[1.9.0].
+
+* link:v1.8.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.5.5]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.5.txt[1.8.5.5],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.4.txt[1.8.5.4],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.3.txt[1.8.5.3],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt[1.8.5.2],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.1.txt[1.8.5.1],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.txt[1.8.5].
+
+* link:v1.8.4.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.4.5]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.4.5.txt[1.8.4.5],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.4.4.txt[1.8.4.4],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.4.3.txt[1.8.4.3],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt[1.8.4.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.1.txt[1.8.4.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.txt[1.8.4].
 
@@ -701,6 +722,11 @@
 	index file. If not specified, the default of `$GIT_DIR/index`
 	is used.
 
+'GIT_INDEX_VERSION'::
+	This environment variable allows the specification of an index
+	version for new repositories.  It won't affect existing index
+	files.  By default index file version [23] is used.
+
 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'::
 	If the object storage directory is specified via this
 	environment variable then the sha1 directories are created
@@ -796,6 +822,15 @@
 +
 For a path that is unmerged, 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called with 1
 parameter, <path>.
++
+For each path 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called, two environment variables,
+'GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER' and 'GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL' are set.
+
+'GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER'::
+	A 1-based counter incremented by one for every path.
+
+'GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL'::
+	The total number of paths.
 
 other
 ~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index b322a26..643c1ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -930,9 +930,12 @@
 DEFINING MACRO ATTRIBUTES
 -------------------------
 
-Custom macro attributes can be defined only in the `.gitattributes`
-file at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory).  The built-in
-macro attribute "binary" is equivalent to:
+Custom macro attributes can be defined only in top-level gitattributes
+files (`$GIT_DIR/info/attributes`, the `.gitattributes` file at the
+top level of the working tree, or the global or system-wide
+gitattributes files), not in `.gitattributes` files in working tree
+subdirectories.  The built-in macro attribute "binary" is equivalent
+to:
 
 ------------
 [attr]binary -diff -merge -text
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 3146413..1c3e109 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
    they can be disambiguated by placing `--` between them.
    E.g. `git diff -- HEAD` is, "I have a file called HEAD in my work
    tree.  Please show changes between the version I staged in the index
-   and what I have in the work tree for that file". not "show difference
+   and what I have in the work tree for that file", not "show difference
    between the HEAD commit and the work tree as a whole".  You can say
    `git diff HEAD --` to ask for the latter.
 
@@ -72,23 +72,23 @@
  * splitting short options to separate words (prefer `git foo -a -b`
    to `git foo -ab`, the latter may not even work).
 
- * when a command line option takes an argument, use the 'sticked' form.  In
+ * when a command line option takes an argument, use the 'stuck' form.  In
    other words, write `git foo -oArg` instead of `git foo -o Arg` for short
    options, and `git foo --long-opt=Arg` instead of `git foo --long-opt Arg`
    for long options.  An option that takes optional option-argument must be
-   written in the 'sticked' form.
+   written in the 'stuck' form.
 
  * when you give a revision parameter to a command, make sure the parameter is
    not ambiguous with a name of a file in the work tree.  E.g. do not write
    `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work
    if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree.
 
- * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated
+ * many commands allow a long option `--option` to be abbreviated
    only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option
-   whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to
-   invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out
+   whose name begins with `opt`, you may be able to spell `--opt` to
+   invoke the `--option` flag), but you should fully spell them out
    when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a
-   new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize",
+   new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. `--optimize`,
    to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique.
 
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 with a caution.  For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you
 typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version
 of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix,
-e.g `git commit --amenity" option.
+e.g. `git commit --amenity` option.
 
 
 Separating argument from the option
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 ----------------------------
 
 However, this is *NOT* allowed for switches with an optional value, where the
-'sticked' form must be used:
+'stuck' form must be used:
 ----------------------------
 $ git describe --abbrev HEAD     # correct
 $ git describe --abbrev=10 HEAD  # correct
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 058a352..d2d7c21 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
 convenient to organize your project with an informal hierarchy
 of developers. Linux kernel development is run this way. There
 is a nice illustration (page 17, "Merges to Mainline") in
-link:http://www.xenotime.net/linux/mentor/linux-mentoring-2006.pdf[Randy Dunlap's presentation].
+http://www.xenotime.net/linux/mentor/linux-mentoring-2006.pdf[Randy Dunlap's presentation].
 
 It should be stressed that this hierarchy is purely *informal*.
 There is nothing fundamental in Git that enforces the "chain of
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
index 5ea94cb..5f4e890 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 -----------------------
 
 First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from
-link:http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/[http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/] and make
+http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/[http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/] and make
 sure it is in your path.  Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory
 of the project you are interested in and run linkgit:git-cvsimport[1]:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index d48bf4d..d954bf6 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
  - the name of the ref being updated,
  - the old object name stored in the ref,
- - and the new objectname to be stored in the ref.
+ - and the new object name to be stored in the ref.
 
 A zero exit from the update hook allows the ref to be updated.
 Exiting with a non-zero status prevents 'git-receive-pack'
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 54e334e..8734c15 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, .gitignore
+$HOME/.config/git/ignore, $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, .gitignore
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -77,10 +77,15 @@
    Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first hash for patterns
    that begin with a hash.
 
+ - Trailing spaces are ignored unless they are quoted with backlash
+   ("`\`").
+
  - An optional prefix "`!`" which negates the pattern; any
    matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become
-   included again.  If a negated pattern matches, this will
-   override lower precedence patterns sources.
+   included again. It is not possible to re-include a file if a parent
+   directory of that file is excluded. Git doesn't list excluded
+   directories for performance reasons, so any patterns on contained
+   files have no effect, no matter where they are defined.
    Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns
    that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`".
 
@@ -113,12 +118,12 @@
 
  - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
    directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
-   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "`**/foo/bar`"
    matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
    under directory "`foo`".
 
- - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
-   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+ - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "`abc`", relative
    to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
 
  - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash
@@ -182,6 +187,19 @@
 The second .gitignore prevents Git from ignoring
 `arch/foo/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S`.
 
+Example to exclude everything except a specific directory `foo/bar`
+(note the `/*` - without the slash, the wildcard would also exclude
+everything within `foo/bar`):
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+    $ cat .gitignore
+    # exclude everything except directory foo/bar
+    /*
+    !/foo
+    /foo/*
+    !/foo/bar
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-rm[1],
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index c17e760..7e03fcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'gitk' [<option>...] [<revs>] [--] [<path>...]
+'gitk' [<options>] [<revision range>] [\--] [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -16,21 +16,38 @@
 visualizing the commit graph, showing information related to each commit, and
 the files in the trees of each revision.
 
-Historically, gitk was the first repository browser. It's written in tcl/tk
-and started off in a separate repository but was later merged into the main
-Git repository.
-
 OPTIONS
 -------
-To control which revisions to show, the command takes options applicable to
-the 'git rev-list' command (see linkgit:git-rev-list[1]).
-This manual page describes only the most
-frequently used options.
 
--n <number>::
---max-count=<number>::
+To control which revisions to show, gitk supports most options
+applicable to the 'git rev-list' command.  It also supports a few
+options applicable to the 'git diff-*' commands to control how the
+changes each commit introduces are shown.  Finally, it supports some
+gitk-specific options.
 
-	Limits the number of commits to show.
+gitk generally only understands options with arguments in the
+'sticked' form (see linkgit:gitcli[7]) due to limitations in the
+command line parser.
+
+rev-list options and arguments
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.  See
+linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
+
+--all::
+
+	Show all refs (branches, tags, etc.).
+
+--branches[=<pattern>]::
+--tags[=<pattern>]::
+--remotes[=<pattern>]::
+
+	Pretend as if all the branches (tags, remote branches, resp.)
+	are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>'
+	is given, limit refs to ones matching given shell glob. If
+	pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the
+	end is implied.
 
 --since=<date>::
 
@@ -40,9 +57,9 @@
 
 	Show commits older than a specific date.
 
---all::
+--date-order::
 
-	Show all branches.
+	Sort commits by date when possible.
 
 --merge::
 
@@ -51,19 +68,53 @@
 	that modify the conflicted files and do not exist on all the heads
 	being merged.
 
---argscmd=<command>::
-	Command to be run each time gitk has to determine the list of
-	<revs> to show.  The command is expected to print on its standard
-	output a list of additional revs to be shown, one per line.
-	Use this instead of explicitly specifying <revs> if the set of
-	commits to show may vary between refreshes.
+--left-right::
 
---select-commit=<ref>::
+	Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable
+	from.  Commits from the left side are prefixed with a `<`
+	symbol and those from the right with a `>` symbol.
 
-	Automatically select the specified commit after loading the graph.
-	Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'.
+--full-history::
 
-<revs>::
+	When filtering history with '<path>...', does not prune some
+	history.  (See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1]
+	for a more detailed explanation.)
+
+--simplify-merges::
+
+	Additional option to '--full-history' to remove some needless
+	merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected
+	commits contributing to this merge.  (See "History
+	simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more detailed
+	explanation.)
+
+--ancestry-path::
+
+	When given a range of commits to display
+	(e.g. 'commit1..commit2' or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only
+	display commits that exist directly on the ancestry chain
+	between the 'commit1' and 'commit2', i.e. commits that are
+	both descendants of 'commit1', and ancestors of 'commit2'.
+	(See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more
+	detailed explanation.)
+
+-L<start>,<end>:<file>::
+-L:<regex>:<file>::
+
+	Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
+	(or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>.  You may
+	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
+	a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
+	give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+	You can specify this option more than once.
++
+*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands
+this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument.  Do
+*not* put a space after `-L`.
++
+include::line-range-format.txt[]
+
+<revision range>::
 
 	Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision
 	meaning show from the given revision and back, or it can be a range in
@@ -78,6 +129,23 @@
 	avoid ambiguity with respect to revision names use "--" to separate the paths
 	from any preceding options.
 
+gitk-specific options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+--argscmd=<command>::
+
+	Command to be run each time gitk has to determine the revision
+	range to show.  The command is expected to print on its
+	standard output a list of additional revisions to be shown,
+	one per line.  Use this instead of explicitly specifying a
+	'<revision range>' if the set of commits to show may vary
+	between refreshes.
+
+--select-commit=<ref>::
+
+	Select the specified commit after loading the graph.
+	Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'.
+
 Examples
 --------
 gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
@@ -98,8 +166,21 @@
 
 Files
 -----
-Gitk creates the .gitk file in your $HOME directory to store preferences
-such as display options, font, and colors.
+User configuration and preferences are stored at:
+
+* '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' if it exists, otherwise
+* '$HOME/.gitk' if it exists
+
+If neither of the above exist then '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' is created and
+used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to
+'$HOME/.config' in all cases.
+
+History
+-------
+Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in
+tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged
+into the main Git repository.
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index f7be93f..347a9f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 	linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location
 	relative to the superproject's origin repository.
 
+In addition, there are a number of optional keys:
+
 submodule.<name>.update::
 	Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject.
 	If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index f1f4ca9..64f7ad2 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -437,6 +437,17 @@
 'option check-connectivity' \{'true'|'false'\}::
 	Request the helper to check connectivity of a clone.
 
+'option force' \{'true'|'false'\}::
+	Request the helper to perform a force update.  Defaults to
+	'false'.
+
+'option cloning \{'true'|'false'\}::
+	Notify the helper this is a clone request (i.e. the current
+	repository is guaranteed empty).
+
+'option update-shallow \{'true'|'false'\}::
+	Allow to extend .git/shallow if the new refs require it.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-remote[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
index aa03882..17d2ea6 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@
 	per line describes a commit and its fake parents by
 	listing their 40-byte hexadecimal object names separated
 	by a space and terminated by a newline.
++
+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems
+transferring objects between repositories; see linkgit:git-replace[1]
+for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
 
 info/exclude::
 	This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt
index 305db63..952f503 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt
@@ -630,13 +630,13 @@
 
 override::
 	If this field has a true value then the given feature is
-	overriddable, which means that it can be configured
+	overridable, which means that it can be configured
 	(or enabled/disabled) on a per-repository basis.
 +
 Usually given "<feature>" is configurable via the `gitweb.<feature>`
 config variable in the per-repository Git configuration file.
 +
-*Note* that no feature is overriddable by default.
+*Note* that no feature is overridable by default.
 
 sub::
 	Internal detail of implementation.  What is important is that
@@ -822,18 +822,18 @@
 Project specific override is not supported.
 
 javascript-timezone::
-	Enable and configure the ability to change a common timezone for dates
+	Enable and configure the ability to change a common time zone for dates
 	in gitweb output via JavaScript.  Dates in gitweb output include
 	authordate and committerdate in "commit", "commitdiff" and "log"
 	views, and taggerdate in "tag" view.  Enabled by default.
 +
-The value is a list of three values: a default timezone (for if the client
-hasn't selected some other timezone and saved it in a cookie), a name of cookie
-where to store selected timezone, and a CSS class used to mark up
+The value is a list of three values: a default time zone (for if the client
+hasn't selected some other time zone and saved it in a cookie), a name of cookie
+where to store selected time zone, and a CSS class used to mark up
 dates for manipulation.  If you want to turn this feature off, set "default"
 to empty list: `[]`.
 +
-Typical gitweb config files will only change starting (default) timezone,
+Typical gitweb config files will only change starting (default) time zone,
 and leave other elements at their default values:
 +
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -843,12 +843,49 @@
 The example configuration presented here is guaranteed to be backwards
 and forward compatible.
 +
-Timezone values can be "local" (for local timezone that browser uses), "utc"
+Time zone values can be "local" (for local time zone that browser uses), "utc"
 (what gitweb uses when JavaScript or this feature is disabled), or numerical
-timezones in the form of "+/-HHMM", such as "+0200".
+time zones in the form of "+/-HHMM", such as "+0200".
 +
 Project specific override is not supported.
 
+extra-branch-refs::
+	List of additional directories under "refs" which are going to
+	be used as branch refs. For example if you have a gerrit setup
+	where all branches under refs/heads/ are official,
+	push-after-review ones and branches under refs/sandbox/,
+	refs/wip and refs/other are user ones where permissions are
+	much wider, then you might want to set this variable as
+	follows:
++
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$feature{'extra-branch-refs'}{'default'} =
+	['sandbox', 'wip', 'other'];
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+This feature can be configured on per-repository basis after setting
+$feature{'extra-branch-refs'}{'override'} to true, via repository's
+`gitweb.extraBranchRefs` configuration variable, which contains a
+space separated list of refs. An example:
++
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[gitweb]
+	extraBranchRefs = sandbox wip other
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+The gitweb.extraBranchRefs is actually a multi-valued configuration
+variable, so following example is also correct and the result is the
+same as of the snippet above:
++
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[gitweb]
+	extraBranchRefs = sandbox
+	extraBranchRefs = wip other
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+It is an error to specify a ref that does not pass "git check-ref-format"
+scrutiny. Duplicated values are filtered.
+
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
index cca14b8..cd9c895 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 * Fields use modified URI encoding, defined in RFC 3986, section 2.1
 (Percent-Encoding), or rather "Query string encoding" (see
-link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string#URL_encoding[]), the difference
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string#URL_encoding[]), the difference
 being that SP (" ") can be encoded as "{plus}" (and therefore "{plus}" has to be
 also percent-encoded).
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index e470661..be0858c 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@
 	you can make Git pretend the set of <<def_parent,parents>> a <<def_commit,commit>> has
 	is different from what was recorded when the commit was
 	created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
++
+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems
+transferring objects between repositories; see linkgit:git-replace[1]
+for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
 
 [[def_hash]]hash::
 	In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
@@ -323,24 +327,26 @@
 A pathspec that begins with a colon `:` has special meaning.  In the
 short form, the leading colon `:` is followed by zero or more "magic
 signature" letters (which optionally is terminated by another colon `:`),
-and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path. The optional
-colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be omitted if the pattern
-begins with a character that cannot be a "magic signature" and is not a
-colon.
+and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path.
+The "magic signature" consists of ASCII symbols that are neither
+alphanumeric, glob, regex special charaters nor colon.
+The optional colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be
+omitted if the pattern begins with a character that does not belong to
+"magic signature" symbol set and is not a colon.
 +
 In the long form, the leading colon `:` is followed by a open
 parenthesis `(`, a comma-separated list of zero or more "magic words",
 and a close parentheses `)`, and the remainder is the pattern to match
 against the path.
 +
-The "magic signature" consists of an ASCII symbol that is not
-alphanumeric.
+A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form
+should not be combined with other pathspec.
 +
 --
-top `/`;;
-	The magic word `top` (mnemonic: `/`) makes the pattern match
-	from the root of the working tree, even when you are running
-	the command from inside a subdirectory.
+top;;
+	The magic word `top` (magic signature: `/`) makes the pattern
+	match from the root of the working tree, even when you are
+	running the command from inside a subdirectory.
 
 literal;;
 	Wildcards in the pattern such as `*` or `?` are treated
@@ -362,12 +368,12 @@
 
  - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
    directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
-   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "`**/foo/bar`"
    matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
    under directory "`foo`".
 
- - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
-   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+ - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
    to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
 
  - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash
@@ -377,14 +383,12 @@
  - Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.
 +
 Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
+
+exclude;;
+	After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run
+	through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it
+	matches, the path is ignored.
 --
-+
-Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as the "magic signature",
-but it is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later
-versions of Git.
-+
-A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form
-should not be combined with other pathspec.
 
 [[def_parent]]parent::
 	A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> contains a (possibly empty) list
diff --git a/Documentation/howto-index.sh b/Documentation/howto-index.sh
index a234086..167b363 100755
--- a/Documentation/howto-index.sh
+++ b/Documentation/howto-index.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 for txt
 do
-	title=`expr "$txt" : '.*/\(.*\)\.txt$'`
-	from=`sed -ne '
+	title=$(expr "$txt" : '.*/\(.*\)\.txt$')
+	from=$(sed -ne '
 	/^$/q
 	/^From:[ 	]/{
 		s///
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 		s/^/by /
 		p
 	}
-	' "$txt"`
+	' "$txt")
 
-	abstract=`sed -ne '
+	abstract=$(sed -ne '
 	/^Abstract:[ 	]/{
 		s/^[^ 	]*//
 		x
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 		x
 		p
 		q
-	}' "$txt"`
+	}' "$txt")
 
 	if grep 'Content-type: text/asciidoc' >/dev/null $txt
 	then
-		file=`expr "$txt" : '\(.*\)\.txt$'`.html
+		file=$(expr "$txt" : '\(.*\)\.txt$').html
 	else
 		file="$txt"
 	fi
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
index 33ae69c..ca43787 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
@@ -39,26 +39,26 @@
 from the maintainer" message, which is periodically posted to
 this mailing list after each feature release is made.
 
- - Feature releases are numbered as vX.Y.Z and are meant to
+ - Feature releases are numbered as vX.Y.0 and are meant to
    contain bugfixes and enhancements in any area, including
    functionality, performance and usability, without regression.
 
  - One release cycle for a feature release is expected to last for
    eight to ten weeks.
 
- - Maintenance releases are numbered as vX.Y.Z.W and are meant
-   to contain only bugfixes for the corresponding vX.Y.Z feature
-   release and earlier maintenance releases vX.Y.Z.V (V < W).
+ - Maintenance releases are numbered as vX.Y.Z and are meant
+   to contain only bugfixes for the corresponding vX.Y.0 feature
+   release and earlier maintenance releases vX.Y.W (W < Z).
 
  - 'master' branch is used to prepare for the next feature
    release. In other words, at some point, the tip of 'master'
-   branch is tagged with vX.Y.Z.
+   branch is tagged with vX.Y.0.
 
  - 'maint' branch is used to prepare for the next maintenance
-   release.  After the feature release vX.Y.Z is made, the tip
+   release.  After the feature release vX.Y.0 is made, the tip
    of 'maint' branch is set to that release, and bugfixes will
    accumulate on the branch, and at some point, the tip of the
-   branch is tagged with vX.Y.Z.1, vX.Y.Z.2, and so on.
+   branch is tagged with vX.Y.1, vX.Y.2, and so on.
 
  - 'next' branch is used to publish changes (both enhancements
    and fixes) that (1) have worthwhile goal, (2) are in a fairly
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
    users are encouraged to test it so that regressions and bugs
    are found before new topics are merged to 'master'.
 
+Note that before v1.9.0 release, the version numbers used to be
+structured slightly differently.  vX.Y.Z were feature releases while
+vX.Y.Z.W were maintenance releases for vX.Y.Z.
+
 
 A Typical Git Day
 -----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt b/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt
index 19ab604..02cb5f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     $ git fetch upstream
 
 This leaves the updated upstream head in .git/FETCH_HEAD but
-does not touch your .git/HEAD nor .git/refs/heads/master.
+does not touch your .git/HEAD or .git/refs/heads/master.
 You run "git rebase" now.
 
     $ git rebase FETCH_HEAD master
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.txt b/Documentation/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f33dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:34:01 -0400
+From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
+Subject: pack corruption post-mortem
+Abstract: Recovering a corrupted object when no good copy is available.
+Content-type: text/asciidoc
+
+How to recover an object from scratch
+=====================================
+
+I was recently presented with a repository with a corrupted packfile,
+and was asked if the data was recoverable. This post-mortem describes
+the steps I took to investigate and fix the problem. I thought others
+might find the process interesting, and it might help somebody in the
+same situation.
+
+********************************
+Note: In this case, no good copy of the repository was available. For
+the much easier case where you can get the corrupted object from
+elsewhere, see link:recover-corrupted-blob-object.html[this howto].
+********************************
+
+I started with an fsck, which found a problem with exactly one object
+(I've used $pack and $obj below to keep the output readable, and also
+because I'll refer to them later):
+
+-----------
+    $ git fsck
+    error: $pack SHA1 checksum mismatch
+    error: index CRC mismatch for object $obj from $pack at offset 51653873
+    error: inflate: data stream error (incorrect data check)
+    error: cannot unpack $obj from $pack at offset 51653873
+-----------
+
+The pack checksum failing means a byte is munged somewhere, and it is
+presumably in the object mentioned (since both the index checksum and
+zlib were failing).
+
+Reading the zlib source code, I found that "incorrect data check" means
+that the adler-32 checksum at the end of the zlib data did not match the
+inflated data. So stepping the data through zlib would not help, as it
+did not fail until the very end, when we realize the crc does not match.
+The problematic bytes could be anywhere in the object data.
+
+The first thing I did was pull the broken data out of the packfile. I
+needed to know how big the object was, which I found out with:
+
+------------
+    $ git show-index <$idx | cut -d' ' -f1 | sort -n | grep -A1 51653873
+    51653873
+    51664736
+------------
+
+Show-index gives us the list of objects and their offsets. We throw away
+everything but the offsets, and then sort them so that our interesting
+offset (which we got from the fsck output above) is followed immediately
+by the offset of the next object. Now we know that the object data is
+10863 bytes long, and we can grab it with:
+
+------------
+  dd if=$pack of=object bs=1 skip=51653873 count=10863
+------------
+
+I inspected a hexdump of the data, looking for any obvious bogosity
+(e.g., a 4K run of zeroes would be a good sign of filesystem
+corruption). But everything looked pretty reasonable.
+
+Note that the "object" file isn't fit for feeding straight to zlib; it
+has the git packed object header, which is variable-length. We want to
+strip that off so we can start playing with the zlib data directly. You
+can either work your way through it manually (the format is described in
+link:../technical/pack-format.html[Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt]),
+or you can walk through it in a debugger. I did the latter, creating a
+valid pack like:
+
+------------
+    # pack magic and version
+    printf 'PACK\0\0\0\2' >tmp.pack
+    # pack has one object
+    printf '\0\0\0\1' >>tmp.pack
+    # now add our object data
+    cat object >>tmp.pack
+    # and then append the pack trailer
+    /path/to/git.git/test-sha1 -b <tmp.pack >trailer
+    cat trailer >>tmp.pack
+------------
+
+and then running "git index-pack tmp.pack" in the debugger (stop at
+unpack_raw_entry). Doing this, I found that there were 3 bytes of header
+(and the header itself had a sane type and size). So I stripped those
+off with:
+
+------------
+    dd if=object of=zlib bs=1 skip=3
+------------
+
+I ran the result through zlib's inflate using a custom C program. And
+while it did report the error, I did get the right number of output
+bytes (i.e., it matched git's size header that we decoded above). But
+feeding the result back to "git hash-object" didn't produce the same
+sha1. So there were some wrong bytes, but I didn't know which. The file
+happened to be C source code, so I hoped I could notice something
+obviously wrong with it, but I didn't. I even got it to compile!
+
+I also tried comparing it to other versions of the same path in the
+repository, hoping that there would be some part of the diff that didn't
+make sense. Unfortunately, this happened to be the only revision of this
+particular file in the repository, so I had nothing to compare against.
+
+So I took a different approach. Working under the guess that the
+corruption was limited to a single byte, I wrote a program to munge each
+byte individually, and try inflating the result. Since the object was
+only 10K compressed, that worked out to about 2.5M attempts, which took
+a few minutes.
+
+The program I used is here:
+
+----------------------------------------------
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+static int try_zlib(unsigned char *buf, int len)
+{
+	/* make this absurdly large so we don't have to loop */
+	static unsigned char out[1024*1024];
+	z_stream z;
+	int ret;
+
+	memset(&z, 0, sizeof(z));
+	inflateInit(&z);
+
+	z.next_in = buf;
+	z.avail_in = len;
+	z.next_out = out;
+	z.avail_out = sizeof(out);
+
+	ret = inflate(&z, 0);
+	inflateEnd(&z);
+	return ret >= 0;
+}
+
+/* eye candy */
+static int counter = 0;
+static void progress(int sig)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "\r%d", counter);
+	alarm(1);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	/* oversized so we can read the whole buffer in */
+	unsigned char buf[1024*1024];
+	int len;
+	unsigned i, j;
+
+	signal(SIGALRM, progress);
+	alarm(1);
+
+	len = read(0, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		unsigned char c = buf[i];
+		for (j = 0; j <= 0xff; j++) {
+			buf[i] = j;
+
+			counter++;
+			if (try_zlib(buf, len))
+				printf("i=%d, j=%x\n", i, j);
+		}
+		buf[i] = c;
+	}
+
+	alarm(0);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+----------------------------------------------
+
+I compiled and ran with:
+
+-------
+  gcc -Wall -Werror -O3 munge.c -o munge -lz
+  ./munge <zlib
+-------
+
+
+There were a few false positives early on (if you write "no data" in the
+zlib header, zlib thinks it's just fine :) ). But I got a hit about
+halfway through:
+
+-------
+  i=5642, j=c7
+-------
+
+I let it run to completion, and got a few more hits at the end (where it
+was munging the crc to match our broken data). So there was a good
+chance this middle hit was the source of the problem.
+
+I confirmed by tweaking the byte in a hex editor, zlib inflating the
+result (no errors!), and then piping the output into "git hash-object",
+which reported the sha1 of the broken object. Success!
+
+I fixed the packfile itself with:
+
+-------
+  chmod +w $pack
+  printf '\xc7' | dd of=$pack bs=1 seek=51659518 conv=notrunc
+  chmod -w $pack
+-------
+
+The `\xc7` comes from the replacement byte our "munge" program found.
+The offset 51659518 is derived by taking the original object offset
+(51653873), adding the replacement offset found by "munge" (5642), and
+then adding back in the 3 bytes of git header we stripped.
+
+After that, "git fsck" ran clean.
+
+As for the corruption itself, I was lucky that it was indeed a single
+byte. In fact, it turned out to be a single bit. The byte 0xc7 was
+corrupted to 0xc5. So presumably it was caused by faulty hardware, or a
+cosmic ray.
+
+And the aborted attempt to look at the inflated output to see what was
+wrong? I could have looked forever and never found it. Here's the diff
+between what the corrupted data inflates to, versus the real data:
+
+--------------
+  -       cp = strtok (arg, "+");
+  +       cp = strtok (arg, ".");
+--------------
+
+It tweaked one byte and still ended up as valid, readable C that just
+happened to do something totally different! One takeaway is that on a
+less unlucky day, looking at the zlib output might have actually been
+helpful, as most random changes would actually break the C code.
+
+But more importantly, git's hashing and checksumming noticed a problem
+that easily could have gone undetected in another system. The result
+still compiled, but would have caused an interesting bug (that would
+have been blamed on some random commit).
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt b/Documentation/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt
index acf3e47..462255e 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 have some other changes on the mainline after W.
 
 If you merge the updated side branch (with D at its tip), none of the
-changes made in A nor B will be in the result, because they were reverted
+changes made in A or B will be in the result, because they were reverted
 by W.  That is what Alan saw.
 
 Linus explains the situation:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     $ git revert W
 
 This history would (ignoring possible conflicts between what W and W..Y
-changed) be equivalent to not having W nor Y at all in the history:
+changed) be equivalent to not having W or Y at all in the history:
 
  ---o---o---o---M---x---x-------x----
 	       /
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
index 85f69db..149508e 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 Everything is in the good order.  I do not need the temporary branch
-nor tag anymore, so remove them:
+or tag anymore, so remove them:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ rm -f .git/refs/tags/pu-anchor
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
index 981cbdd..6de4f3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 How to setup Git server over http
 =================================
 
+NOTE: This document is from 2006.  A lot has happened since then, and this
+document is now relevant mainly if your web host is not CGI capable.
+Almost everyone else should instead look at linkgit:git-http-backend[1].
+
 Since Apache is one of those packages people like to compile
 themselves while others prefer the bureaucrat's dream Debian, it is
 impossible to give guidelines which will work for everyone. Just send
diff --git a/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh b/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh
index 76d69a9..ed8b4ff 100755
--- a/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh
+++ b/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@
 	else
 		echo >&2 "# install $h $T/$h"
 		rm -f "$T/$h"
-		mkdir -p `dirname "$T/$h"`
+		mkdir -p $(dirname "$T/$h")
 		cp "$h" "$T/$h"
 	fi
 done
-strip_leading=`echo "$T/" | sed -e 's|.|.|g'`
+strip_leading=$(echo "$T/" | sed -e 's|.|.|g')
 for th in \
 	"$T"/*.html "$T"/*.txt \
 	"$T"/howto/*.txt "$T"/howto/*.html \
 	"$T"/technical/*.txt "$T"/technical/*.html
 do
-	h=`expr "$th" : "$strip_leading"'\(.*\)'`
+	h=$(expr "$th" : "$strip_leading"'\(.*\)')
 	case "$h" in
 	RelNotes-*.txt | index.html) continue ;;
 	esac
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index afba8d4..f08e9b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
 	further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
 	can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
 	used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
-	discouraged). The `--edit` (or `-e`) option is still useful if you are
-	giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
-	and want to edit it in the editor.
+	discouraged).
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+The `--edit` (or `-e`) option is still useful if you are
+giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
+and want to edit it in the editor.
+endif::git-pull[]
 +
 Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
 user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
@@ -60,14 +63,13 @@
 
 --squash::
 --no-squash::
-	Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
-	merge happened (except for the merge information),
-	but do not actually make a commit or
-	move the `HEAD`, nor record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` to
-	cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
-	commit.  This allows you to create a single commit on
-	top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
-	merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
+	Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge
+	happened (except for the merge information), but do not actually
+	make a commit, move the `HEAD`, or record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD`
+	(to cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
+	commit).  This allows you to create a single commit on top of
+	the current branch whose effect is the same as merging another
+	branch (or more in case of an octopus).
 +
 With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
 option can be used to override --squash.
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
index 49a9a7d..7bbd19b 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 MERGE STRATEGIES
 ----------------
 
-The merge mechanism ('git-merge' and 'git-pull' commands) allows the
+The merge mechanism (`git merge` and `git pull` commands) allows the
 backend 'merge strategies' to be chosen with `-s` option.  Some strategies
 can also take their own options, which can be passed by giving `-X<option>`
-arguments to 'git-merge' and/or 'git-pull'.
+arguments to `git merge` and/or `git pull`.
 
 resolve::
 	This can only resolve two heads (i.e. the current branch
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	merged tree of the common ancestors and uses that as
 	the reference tree for the 3-way merge.  This has been
 	reported to result in fewer merge conflicts without
-	causing mis-merges by tests done on actual merge commits
+	causing mismerges by tests done on actual merge commits
 	taken from Linux 2.6 kernel development history.
 	Additionally this can detect and handle merges involving
 	renames.  This is the default merge strategy when
@@ -113,3 +113,11 @@
 	match the tree structure of A, instead of reading the trees at
 	the same level. This adjustment is also done to the common
 	ancestor tree.
+
+With the strategies that use 3-way merge (including the default, 'recursive'),
+if a change is made on both branches, but later reverted on one of the
+branches, that change will be present in the merged result; some people find
+this behavior confusing.  It occurs because only the heads and the merge base
+are considered when performing a merge, not the individual commits.  The merge
+algorithm therefore considers the reverted change as no change at all, and
+substitutes the changed version instead.
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 1d174fd..85d6353 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 stored in the commit object.  Notably, the SHA-1s are
 displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
 --no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
-true parent commits, without taking grafts nor history
+true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
 simplification into account.
 
 * 'format:<string>'
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index eea0e30..8569e29 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the
 	commit, when showing the commit log message.  This is the default
 	for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when
-	there is no `--pretty`, `--format` nor `--oneline` option given
+	there is no `--pretty`, `--format`, or `--oneline` option given
 	on the command line.
 +
 By default, the notes shown are from the notes refs listed in the
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index c236b85..deb8cca 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -18,33 +18,27 @@
 -<number>::
 -n <number>::
 --max-count=<number>::
-
 	Limit the number of commits to output.
 
 --skip=<number>::
-
 	Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output.
 
 --since=<date>::
 --after=<date>::
-
 	Show commits more recent than a specific date.
 
 --until=<date>::
 --before=<date>::
-
 	Show commits older than a specific date.
 
 ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --max-age=<timestamp>::
 --min-age=<timestamp>::
-
 	Limit the commits output to specified time range.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --author=<pattern>::
 --committer=<pattern>::
-
 	Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer
 	header lines that match the specified pattern (regular
 	expression).  With more than one `--author=<pattern>`,
@@ -52,7 +46,6 @@
 	chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=<pattern>`).
 
 --grep-reflog=<pattern>::
-
 	Limit the commits output to ones with reflog entries that
 	match the specified pattern (regular expression). With
 	more than one `--grep-reflog`, commits whose reflog message
@@ -60,7 +53,6 @@
 	error to use this option unless `--walk-reflogs` is in use.
 
 --grep=<pattern>::
-
 	Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
 	matches the specified pattern (regular expression).  With
 	more than one `--grep=<pattern>`, commits whose message
@@ -71,46 +63,39 @@
 if it is part of the log message.
 
 --all-match::
-	Limit the commits output to ones that match all given --grep,
+	Limit the commits output to ones that match all given `--grep`,
 	instead of ones that match at least one.
 
 -i::
 --regexp-ignore-case::
-
-	Match the regexp limiting patterns without regard to letters case.
+	Match the regular expression limiting patterns without regard to letter
+	case.
 
 --basic-regexp::
-
 	Consider the limiting patterns to be basic regular expressions;
 	this is the default.
 
 -E::
 --extended-regexp::
-
 	Consider the limiting patterns to be extended regular expressions
 	instead of the default basic regular expressions.
 
 -F::
 --fixed-strings::
-
 	Consider the limiting patterns to be fixed strings (don't interpret
 	pattern as a regular expression).
 
 --perl-regexp::
-
-	Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regexp.
+	Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular expressions.
 	Requires libpcre to be compiled in.
 
 --remove-empty::
-
 	Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
 
 --merges::
-
 	Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`.
 
 --no-merges::
-
 	Do not print commits with more than one parent. This is
 	exactly the same as `--max-parents=1`.
 
@@ -118,7 +103,6 @@
 --max-parents=<number>::
 --no-min-parents::
 --no-max-parents::
-
 	Show only commits which have at least (or at most) that many parent
 	commits. In particular, `--max-parents=1` is the same as `--no-merges`,
 	`--min-parents=2` is the same as `--merges`.  `--max-parents=0`
@@ -138,31 +122,26 @@
 	brought in to your history by such a merge.
 
 --not::
-
 	Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack thereof)
-	for all following revision specifiers, up to the next '--not'.
+	for all following revision specifiers, up to the next `--not`.
 
 --all::
-
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/` are listed on the
 	command line as '<commit>'.
 
 --branches[=<pattern>]::
-
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
 	branches to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?',
 	'{asterisk}', or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
 
 --tags[=<pattern>]::
-
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/tags` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
 	tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}',
 	or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
 
 --remotes[=<pattern>]::
-
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
 	remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
@@ -174,14 +153,27 @@
 	is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '{asterisk}',
 	or '[', '/{asterisk}' at the end is implied.
 
---ignore-missing::
+--exclude=<glob-pattern>::
 
+	Do not include refs matching '<glob-pattern>' that the next `--all`,
+	`--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or `--glob` would otherwise
+	consider. Repetitions of this option accumulate exclusion patterns
+	up to the next `--all`, `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or
+	`--glob` option (other options or arguments do not clear
+	accumlated patterns).
++
+The patterns given should not begin with `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, or
+`refs/remotes` when applied to `--branches`, `--tags`, or `--remotes`,
+respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob`
+or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given
+explicitly.
+
+--ignore-missing::
 	Upon seeing an invalid object name in the input, pretend as if
 	the bad input was not given.
 
 ifndef::git-rev-list[]
 --bisect::
-
 	Pretend as if the bad bisection ref `refs/bisect/bad`
 	was listed and as if it was followed by `--not` and the good
 	bisection refs `refs/bisect/good-*` on the command
@@ -189,7 +181,6 @@
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --stdin::
-
 	In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command
 	line, read them from the standard input. If a '--' separator is
 	seen, stop reading commits and start reading paths to limit the
@@ -197,36 +188,32 @@
 
 ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --quiet::
-
 	Don't print anything to standard output.  This form
 	is primarily meant to allow the caller to
 	test the exit status to see if a range of objects is fully
 	connected (or not).  It is faster than redirecting stdout
-	to /dev/null as the output does not have to be formatted.
+	to `/dev/null` as the output does not have to be formatted.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --cherry-mark::
-
 	Like `--cherry-pick` (see below) but mark equivalent commits
 	with `=` rather than omitting them, and inequivalent ones with `+`.
 
 --cherry-pick::
-
 	Omit any commit that introduces the same change as
-	another commit on the "other side" when the set of
+	another commit on the ``other side'' when the set of
 	commits are limited with symmetric difference.
 +
 For example, if you have two branches, `A` and `B`, a usual way
 to list all commits on only one side of them is with
 `--left-right` (see the example below in the description of
-the `--left-right` option).  It however shows the commits that were cherry-picked
-from the other branch (for example, "3rd on b" may be cherry-picked
-from branch A).  With this option, such pairs of commits are
+the `--left-right` option). However, it shows the commits that were
+cherry-picked from the other branch (for example, ``3rd on b'' may be
+cherry-picked from branch A). With this option, such pairs of commits are
 excluded from the output.
 
 --left-only::
 --right-only::
-
 	List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric range,
 	i.e. only those which would be marked `<` resp. `>` by
 	`--left-right`.
@@ -238,7 +225,6 @@
 list.
 
 --cherry::
-
 	A synonym for `--right-only --cherry-mark --no-merges`; useful to
 	limit the output to the commits on our side and mark those that
 	have been applied to the other side of a forked history with
@@ -247,30 +233,27 @@
 
 -g::
 --walk-reflogs::
-
 	Instead of walking the commit ancestry chain, walk
 	reflog entries from the most recent one to older ones.
 	When this option is used you cannot specify commits to
 	exclude (that is, '{caret}commit', 'commit1..commit2',
-	nor 'commit1\...commit2' notations cannot be used).
+	and 'commit1\...commit2' notations cannot be used).
 +
-With '\--pretty' format other than oneline (for obvious reasons),
+With `--pretty` format other than `oneline` (for obvious reasons),
 this causes the output to have two extra lines of information
 taken from the reflog.  By default, 'commit@\{Nth}' notation is
 used in the output.  When the starting commit is specified as
 'commit@\{now}', output also uses 'commit@\{timestamp}' notation
-instead.  Under '\--pretty=oneline', the commit message is
+instead.  Under `--pretty=oneline`, the commit message is
 prefixed with this information on the same line.
-This option cannot be combined with '\--reverse'.
+This option cannot be combined with `--reverse`.
 See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
 
 --merge::
-
 	After a failed merge, show refs that touch files having a
 	conflict and don't exist on all heads to merge.
 
 --boundary::
-
 	Output excluded boundary commits. Boundary commits are
 	prefixed with `-`.
 
@@ -295,11 +278,9 @@
 The following options select the commits to be shown:
 
 <paths>::
-
 	Commits modifying the given <paths> are selected.
 
 --simplify-by-decoration::
-
 	Commits that are referred by some branch or tag are selected.
 
 Note that extra commits can be shown to give a meaningful history.
@@ -307,33 +288,27 @@
 The following options affect the way the simplification is performed:
 
 Default mode::
-
 	Simplifies the history to the simplest history explaining the
 	final state of the tree. Simplest because it prunes some side
 	branches if the end result is the same (i.e. merging branches
 	with the same content)
 
 --full-history::
-
 	Same as the default mode, but does not prune some history.
 
 --dense::
-
 	Only the selected commits are shown, plus some to have a
 	meaningful history.
 
 --sparse::
-
 	All commits in the simplified history are shown.
 
 --simplify-merges::
-
-	Additional option to '--full-history' to remove some needless
+	Additional option to `--full-history` to remove some needless
 	merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected
 	commits contributing to this merge.
 
 --ancestry-path::
-
 	When given a range of commits to display (e.g. 'commit1..commit2'
 	or 'commit2 {caret}commit1'), only display commits that exist
 	directly on the ancestry chain between the 'commit1' and
@@ -360,36 +335,35 @@
 each merge.  The commits are:
 
 * `I` is the initial commit, in which `foo` exists with contents
-  "asdf", and a file `quux` exists with contents "quux".  Initial
+  ``asdf'', and a file `quux` exists with contents ``quux''. Initial
   commits are compared to an empty tree, so `I` is !TREESAME.
 
-* In `A`, `foo` contains just "foo".
+* In `A`, `foo` contains just ``foo''.
 
 * `B` contains the same change as `A`.  Its merge `M` is trivial and
   hence TREESAME to all parents.
 
-* `C` does not change `foo`, but its merge `N` changes it to "foobar",
+* `C` does not change `foo`, but its merge `N` changes it to ``foobar'',
   so it is not TREESAME to any parent.
 
-* `D` sets `foo` to "baz".  Its merge `O` combines the strings from
-  `N` and `D` to "foobarbaz"; i.e., it is not TREESAME to any parent.
+* `D` sets `foo` to ``baz''. Its merge `O` combines the strings from
+  `N` and `D` to ``foobarbaz''; i.e., it is not TREESAME to any parent.
 
-* `E` changes `quux` to "xyzzy", and its merge `P` combines the
-  strings to "quux xyzzy".  `P` is TREESAME to `O`, but not to `E`.
+* `E` changes `quux` to ``xyzzy'', and its merge `P` combines the
+  strings to ``quux xyzzy''. `P` is TREESAME to `O`, but not to `E`.
 
 * `X` is an independent root commit that added a new file `side`, and `Y`
   modified it. `Y` is TREESAME to `X`. Its merge `Q` added `side` to `P`, and
   `Q` is TREESAME to `P`, but not to `Y`.
 
-'rev-list' walks backwards through history, including or excluding
-commits based on whether '\--full-history' and/or parent rewriting
-(via '\--parents' or '\--children') are used.  The following settings
+`rev-list` walks backwards through history, including or excluding
+commits based on whether `--full-history` and/or parent rewriting
+(via `--parents` or `--children`) are used. The following settings
 are available.
 
 Default mode::
-
 	Commits are included if they are not TREESAME to any parent
-	(though this can be changed, see '\--sparse' below).  If the
+	(though this can be changed, see `--sparse` below).  If the
 	commit was a merge, and it was TREESAME to one parent, follow
 	only that parent.  (Even if there are several TREESAME
 	parents, follow only one of them.)  Otherwise, follow all
@@ -408,12 +382,11 @@
 considered via `N`, but is TREESAME.  Root commits are compared to an
 empty tree, so `I` is !TREESAME.
 +
-Parent/child relations are only visible with --parents, but that does
+Parent/child relations are only visible with `--parents`, but that does
 not affect the commits selected in default mode, so we have shown the
 parent lines.
 
 --full-history without parent rewriting::
-
 	This mode differs from the default in one point: always follow
 	all parents of a merge, even if it is TREESAME to one of them.
 	Even if more than one side of the merge has commits that are
@@ -433,9 +406,8 @@
 them disconnected.
 
 --full-history with parent rewriting::
-
 	Ordinary commits are only included if they are !TREESAME
-	(though this can be changed, see '\--sparse' below).
+	(though this can be changed, see `--sparse` below).
 +
 Merges are always included.  However, their parent list is rewritten:
 Along each parent, prune away commits that are not included
@@ -449,7 +421,7 @@
 	  `-------------'
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 +
-Compare to '\--full-history' without rewriting above.  Note that `E`
+Compare to `--full-history` without rewriting above.  Note that `E`
 was pruned away because it is TREESAME, but the parent list of P was
 rewritten to contain `E`'s parent `I`.  The same happened for `C` and
 `N`, and `X`, `Y` and `Q`.
@@ -458,22 +430,19 @@
 affects inclusion:
 
 --dense::
-
 	Commits that are walked are included if they are not TREESAME
 	to any parent.
 
 --sparse::
-
 	All commits that are walked are included.
 +
-Note that without '\--full-history', this still simplifies merges: if
+Note that without `--full-history`, this still simplifies merges: if
 one of the parents is TREESAME, we follow only that one, so the other
 sides of the merge are never walked.
 
 --simplify-merges::
-
 	First, build a history graph in the same way that
-	'\--full-history' with parent rewriting does (see above).
+	`--full-history` with parent rewriting does (see above).
 +
 Then simplify each commit `C` to its replacement `C'` in the final
 history according to the following rules:
@@ -492,7 +461,7 @@
 --
 +
 The effect of this is best shown by way of comparing to
-'\--full-history' with parent rewriting.  The example turns into:
+`--full-history` with parent rewriting.  The example turns into:
 +
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 	  .-A---M---N---O
@@ -502,7 +471,7 @@
 	  `---------'
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 +
-Note the major differences in `N`, `P` and `Q` over '--full-history':
+Note the major differences in `N`, `P`, and `Q` over `--full-history`:
 +
 --
 * `N`'s parent list had `I` removed, because it is an ancestor of the
@@ -519,11 +488,10 @@
 Finally, there is a fifth simplification mode available:
 
 --ancestry-path::
-
 	Limit the displayed commits to those directly on the ancestry
-	chain between the "from" and "to" commits in the given commit
-	range. I.e. only display commits that are ancestor of the "to"
-	commit, and descendants of the "from" commit.
+	chain between the ``from'' and ``to'' commits in the given commit
+	range. I.e. only display commits that are ancestor of the ``to''
+	commit and descendants of the ``from'' commit.
 +
 As an example use case, consider the following commit history:
 +
@@ -538,14 +506,14 @@
 A regular 'D..M' computes the set of commits that are ancestors of `M`,
 but excludes the ones that are ancestors of `D`. This is useful to see
 what happened to the history leading to `M` since `D`, in the sense
-that "what does `M` have that did not exist in `D`". The result in this
+that ``what does `M` have that did not exist in `D`''. The result in this
 example would be all the commits, except `A` and `B` (and `D` itself,
 of course).
 +
 When we want to find out what commits in `M` are contaminated with the
 bug introduced by `D` and need fixing, however, we might want to view
 only the subset of 'D..M' that are actually descendants of `D`, i.e.
-excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the '--ancestry-path'
+excluding `C` and `K`. This is exactly what the `--ancestry-path`
 option does. Applied to the 'D..M' range, it results in:
 +
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -556,7 +524,7 @@
 				L--M
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The '\--simplify-by-decoration' option allows you to view only the
+The `--simplify-by-decoration` option allows you to view only the
 big picture of the topology of the history, by omitting commits
 that are not referenced by tags.  Commits are marked as !TREESAME
 (in other words, kept after history simplification rules described
@@ -569,50 +537,47 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 --bisect::
-
-Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between
-included and excluded commits. Note that the bad bisection ref
-`refs/bisect/bad` is added to the included commits (if it
-exists) and the good bisection refs `refs/bisect/good-*` are
-added to the excluded commits (if they exist). Thus, supposing there
-are no refs in `refs/bisect/`, if
-
+	Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between
+	included and excluded commits. Note that the bad bisection ref
+	`refs/bisect/bad` is added to the included commits (if it
+	exists) and the good bisection refs `refs/bisect/good-*` are
+	added to the excluded commits (if they exist). Thus, supposing there
+	are no refs in `refs/bisect/`, if
++
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 	$ git rev-list --bisect foo ^bar ^baz
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
++
 outputs 'midpoint', the output of the two commands
-
++
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 	$ git rev-list foo ^midpoint
 	$ git rev-list midpoint ^bar ^baz
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
++
 would be of roughly the same length.  Finding the change which
 introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly
 generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length
 one.
 
 --bisect-vars::
-
-This calculates the same as `--bisect`, except that refs in
-`refs/bisect/` are not used, and except that this outputs
-text ready to be eval'ed by the shell. These lines will assign the
-name of the midpoint revision to the variable `bisect_rev`, and the
-expected number of commits to be tested after `bisect_rev` is tested
-to `bisect_nr`, the expected number of commits to be tested if
-`bisect_rev` turns out to be good to `bisect_good`, the expected
-number of commits to be tested if `bisect_rev` turns out to be bad to
-`bisect_bad`, and the number of commits we are bisecting right now to
-`bisect_all`.
+	This calculates the same as `--bisect`, except that refs in
+	`refs/bisect/` are not used, and except that this outputs
+	text ready to be eval'ed by the shell. These lines will assign the
+	name of the midpoint revision to the variable `bisect_rev`, and the
+	expected number of commits to be tested after `bisect_rev` is tested
+	to `bisect_nr`, the expected number of commits to be tested if
+	`bisect_rev` turns out to be good to `bisect_good`, the expected
+	number of commits to be tested if `bisect_rev` turns out to be bad to
+	`bisect_bad`, and the number of commits we are bisecting right now to
+	`bisect_all`.
 
 --bisect-all::
-
-This outputs all the commit objects between the included and excluded
-commits, ordered by their distance to the included and excluded
-commits. Refs in `refs/bisect/` are not used. The farthest
-from them is displayed first. (This is the only one displayed by
-`--bisect`.)
+	This outputs all the commit objects between the included and excluded
+	commits, ordered by their distance to the included and excluded
+	commits. Refs in `refs/bisect/` are not used. The farthest
+	from them is displayed first. (This is the only one displayed by
+	`--bisect`.)
 +
 This is useful because it makes it easy to choose a good commit to
 test when you want to avoid to test some of them for some reason (they
@@ -662,9 +627,8 @@
 together.
 
 --reverse::
-
 	Output the commits in reverse order.
-	Cannot be combined with '\--walk-reflogs'.
+	Cannot be combined with `--walk-reflogs`.
 
 Object Traversal
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -672,37 +636,32 @@
 These options are mostly targeted for packing of Git repositories.
 
 --objects::
-
 	Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed
-	commits.  '--objects foo ^bar' thus means "send me
+	commits.  `--objects foo ^bar` thus means ``send me
 	all object IDs which I need to download if I have the commit
-	object 'bar', but not 'foo'".
+	object _bar_ but not _foo_''.
 
 --objects-edge::
-
-	Similar to '--objects', but also print the IDs of excluded
-	commits prefixed with a "-" character.  This is used by
-	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] to build "thin" pack, which records
+	Similar to `--objects`, but also print the IDs of excluded
+	commits prefixed with a ``-'' character.  This is used by
+	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] to build ``thin'' pack, which records
 	objects in deltified form based on objects contained in these
 	excluded commits to reduce network traffic.
 
 --unpacked::
-
-	Only useful with '--objects'; print the object IDs that are not
+	Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that are not
 	in packs.
 
 --no-walk[=(sorted|unsorted)]::
-
 	Only show the given commits, but do not traverse their ancestors.
 	This has no effect if a range is specified. If the argument
-	"unsorted" is given, the commits are show in the order they were
-	given on the command line. Otherwise (if "sorted" or no argument
-	was given), the commits are show in reverse chronological order
+	`unsorted` is given, the commits are shown in the order they were
+	given on the command line. Otherwise (if `sorted` or no argument
+	was given), the commits are shown in reverse chronological order
 	by commit time.
 
 --do-walk::
-
-	Overrides a previous --no-walk.
+	Overrides a previous `--no-walk`.
 
 Commit Formatting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -716,46 +675,41 @@
 include::pretty-options.txt[]
 
 --relative-date::
-
 	Synonym for `--date=relative`.
 
 --date=(relative|local|default|iso|rfc|short|raw)::
-
 	Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
-	as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default
-	value for log command's --date option.
+	as when using `--pretty`. `log.date` config variable sets a default
+	value for the log command's `--date` option.
 +
 `--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
-e.g. "2 hours ago".
+e.g. ``2 hours ago''.
 +
-`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local timezone.
+`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local time zone.
 +
 `--date=iso` (or `--date=iso8601`) shows timestamps in ISO 8601 format.
 +
 `--date=rfc` (or `--date=rfc2822`) shows timestamps in RFC 2822
-format, often found in E-mail messages.
+format, often found in email messages.
 +
-`--date=short` shows only date but not time, in `YYYY-MM-DD` format.
+`--date=short` shows only the date, but not the time, in `YYYY-MM-DD` format.
 +
 `--date=raw` shows the date in the internal raw Git format `%s %z` format.
 +
-`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone
+`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original time zone
 (either committer's or author's).
 
 ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --header::
-
 	Print the contents of the commit in raw-format; each record is
 	separated with a NUL character.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --parents::
-
 	Print also the parents of the commit (in the form "commit parent...").
 	Also enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
 
 --children::
-
 	Print also the children of the commit (in the form "commit child...").
 	Also enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
 
@@ -765,7 +719,6 @@
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 --left-right::
-
 	Mark which side of a symmetric diff a commit is reachable from.
 	Commits from the left side are prefixed with `<` and those from
 	the right with `>`.  If combined with `--boundary`, those
@@ -795,7 +748,6 @@
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 --graph::
-
 	Draw a text-based graphical representation of the commit history
 	on the left hand side of the output.  This may cause extra lines
 	to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history
@@ -803,31 +755,36 @@
 +
 This enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
 +
-This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the
-'--date-order' option may also be specified.
+This implies the `--topo-order` option by default, but the
+`--date-order` option may also be specified.
+
+--show-linear-break[=<barrier>]::
+	When --graph is not used, all history branches are flattened
+	which can make it hard to see that the two consecutive commits
+	do not belong to a linear branch. This option puts a barrier
+	in between them in that case. If `<barrier>` is specified, it
+	is the string that will be shown instead of the default one.
 
 ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 --count::
 	Print a number stating how many commits would have been
 	listed, and suppress all other output.  When used together
-	with '--left-right', instead print the counts for left and
+	with `--left-right`, instead print the counts for left and
 	right commits, separated by a tab. When used together with
-	'--cherry-mark', omit patch equivalent commits from these
+	`--cherry-mark`, omit patch equivalent commits from these
 	counts and print the count for equivalent commits separated
 	by a tab.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
-
 ifndef::git-rev-list[]
 Diff Formatting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Below are listed options that control the formatting of diff output.
+Listed below are options that control the formatting of diff output.
 Some of them are specific to linkgit:git-rev-list[1], however other diff
 options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options.
 
 -c::
-
 	With this option, diff output for a merge commit
 	shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result
 	simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent
@@ -835,26 +792,22 @@
 	which were modified from all parents.
 
 --cc::
-
-	This flag implies the '-c' option and further compresses the
+	This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the
 	patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in
 	the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks
 	one of them without modification.
 
 -m::
-
 	This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like
 	regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry
 	and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against
-	the first parent is shown when '--first-parent' option is given;
+	the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given;
 	in that case, the output represents the changes the merge
 	brought _into_ the then-current branch.
 
 -r::
-
 	Show recursive diffs.
 
 -t::
-
-	Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies '-r'.
+	Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies `-r`.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index 2c06ed3..5a286d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   branch 'blabla' then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'.
 
 '@\{-<n>\}', e.g. '@\{-1\}'::
-  The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out
+  The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch/commit checked out
   before the current one.
 
 '<branchname>@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}'::
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt
index f3c1357..e3d6e7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 . Add the external declaration for the function to `builtin.h`.
 
-. Add the command to `commands[]` table in `handle_internal_command()`,
-  defined in `git.c`.  The entry should look like:
+. Add the command to the `commands[]` table defined in `git.c`.
+  The entry should look like:
 
 	{ "foo", cmd_foo, <options> },
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt
index ce363b6..2602668 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 		The attribute is Unset, by listing the name of the
 		attribute prefixed with a dash - for the path.
 	} else if (ATTR_UNSET(value)) {
-		The attribute is not set nor unset for the path.
+		The attribute is neither set nor unset for the path.
 	} else if (!strcmp(value, "input")) {
 		If none of ATTR_TRUE(), ATTR_FALSE(), or ATTR_UNSET() is
 		true, the value is a string set in the gitattributes
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e5061e0..0000000
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-hash API
-========
-
-The hash API is a collection of simple hash table functions. Users are expected
-to implement their own hashing.
-
-Data Structures
----------------
-
-`struct hash_table`::
-
-	The hash table structure. The `array` member points to the hash table
-	entries. The `size` member counts the total number of valid and invalid
-	entries in the table. The `nr` member keeps track of the number of
-	valid entries.
-
-`struct hash_table_entry`::
-
-	An opaque structure representing an entry in the hash table. The `hash`
-	member is the entry's hash key and the `ptr` member is the entry's
-	value.
-
-Functions
----------
-
-`init_hash`::
-
-	Initialize the hash table.
-
-`free_hash`::
-
-	Release memory associated with the hash table.
-
-`insert_hash`::
-
-	Insert a pointer into the hash table. If an entry with that hash
-	already exists, a pointer to the existing entry's value is returned.
-	Otherwise NULL is returned.  This allows callers to implement
-	chaining, etc.
-
-`lookup_hash`::
-
-	Lookup an entry in the hash table. If an entry with that hash exists
-	the entry's value is returned. Otherwise NULL is returned.
-
-`for_each_hash`::
-
-	Call a function for each entry in the hash table. The function is
-	expected to take the entry's value as its only argument and return an
-	int. If the function returns a negative int the loop is aborted
-	immediately.  Otherwise, the return value is accumulated and the sum
-	returned upon completion of the loop.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ca234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+hashmap API
+===========
+
+The hashmap API is a generic implementation of hash-based key-value mappings.
+
+Data Structures
+---------------
+
+`struct hashmap`::
+
+	The hash table structure.
++
+The `size` member keeps track of the total number of entries. The `cmpfn`
+member is a function used to compare two entries for equality. The `table` and
+`tablesize` members store the hash table and its size, respectively.
+
+`struct hashmap_entry`::
+
+	An opaque structure representing an entry in the hash table, which must
+	be used as first member of user data structures. Ideally it should be
+	followed by an int-sized member to prevent unused memory on 64-bit
+	systems due to alignment.
++
+The `hash` member is the entry's hash code and the `next` member points to the
+next entry in case of collisions (i.e. if multiple entries map to the same
+bucket).
+
+`struct hashmap_iter`::
+
+	An iterator structure, to be used with hashmap_iter_* functions.
+
+Types
+-----
+
+`int (*hashmap_cmp_fn)(const void *entry, const void *entry_or_key, const void *keydata)`::
+
+	User-supplied function to test two hashmap entries for equality. Shall
+	return 0 if the entries are equal.
++
+This function is always called with non-NULL `entry` / `entry_or_key`
+parameters that have the same hash code. When looking up an entry, the `key`
+and `keydata` parameters to hashmap_get and hashmap_remove are always passed
+as second and third argument, respectively. Otherwise, `keydata` is NULL.
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+`unsigned int strhash(const char *buf)`::
+`unsigned int strihash(const char *buf)`::
+`unsigned int memhash(const void *buf, size_t len)`::
+`unsigned int memihash(const void *buf, size_t len)`::
+
+	Ready-to-use hash functions for strings, using the FNV-1 algorithm (see
+	http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv).
++
+`strhash` and `strihash` take 0-terminated strings, while `memhash` and
+`memihash` operate on arbitrary-length memory.
++
+`strihash` and `memihash` are case insensitive versions.
+
+`void hashmap_init(struct hashmap *map, hashmap_cmp_fn equals_function, size_t initial_size)`::
+
+	Initializes a hashmap structure.
++
+`map` is the hashmap to initialize.
++
+The `equals_function` can be specified to compare two entries for equality.
+If NULL, entries are considered equal if their hash codes are equal.
++
+If the total number of entries is known in advance, the `initial_size`
+parameter may be used to preallocate a sufficiently large table and thus
+prevent expensive resizing. If 0, the table is dynamically resized.
+
+`void hashmap_free(struct hashmap *map, int free_entries)`::
+
+	Frees a hashmap structure and allocated memory.
++
+`map` is the hashmap to free.
++
+If `free_entries` is true, each hashmap_entry in the map is freed as well
+(using stdlib's free()).
+
+`void hashmap_entry_init(void *entry, unsigned int hash)`::
+
+	Initializes a hashmap_entry structure.
++
+`entry` points to the entry to initialize.
++
+`hash` is the hash code of the entry.
+
+`void *hashmap_get(const struct hashmap *map, const void *key, const void *keydata)`::
+
+	Returns the hashmap entry for the specified key, or NULL if not found.
++
+`map` is the hashmap structure.
++
+`key` is a hashmap_entry structure (or user data structure that starts with
+hashmap_entry) that has at least been initialized with the proper hash code
+(via `hashmap_entry_init`).
++
+If an entry with matching hash code is found, `key` and `keydata` are passed
+to `hashmap_cmp_fn` to decide whether the entry matches the key.
+
+`void *hashmap_get_next(const struct hashmap *map, const void *entry)`::
+
+	Returns the next equal hashmap entry, or NULL if not found. This can be
+	used to iterate over duplicate entries (see `hashmap_add`).
++
+`map` is the hashmap structure.
++
+`entry` is the hashmap_entry to start the search from, obtained via a previous
+call to `hashmap_get` or `hashmap_get_next`.
+
+`void hashmap_add(struct hashmap *map, void *entry)`::
+
+	Adds a hashmap entry. This allows to add duplicate entries (i.e.
+	separate values with the same key according to hashmap_cmp_fn).
++
+`map` is the hashmap structure.
++
+`entry` is the entry to add.
+
+`void *hashmap_put(struct hashmap *map, void *entry)`::
+
+	Adds or replaces a hashmap entry. If the hashmap contains duplicate
+	entries equal to the specified entry, only one of them will be replaced.
++
+`map` is the hashmap structure.
++
+`entry` is the entry to add or replace.
++
+Returns the replaced entry, or NULL if not found (i.e. the entry was added).
+
+`void *hashmap_remove(struct hashmap *map, const void *key, const void *keydata)`::
+
+	Removes a hashmap entry matching the specified key. If the hashmap
+	contains duplicate entries equal to the specified key, only one of
+	them will be removed.
++
+`map` is the hashmap structure.
++
+`key` is a hashmap_entry structure (or user data structure that starts with
+hashmap_entry) that has at least been initialized with the proper hash code
+(via `hashmap_entry_init`).
++
+If an entry with matching hash code is found, `key` and `keydata` are
+passed to `hashmap_cmp_fn` to decide whether the entry matches the key.
++
+Returns the removed entry, or NULL if not found.
+
+`void hashmap_iter_init(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`::
+`void *hashmap_iter_next(struct hashmap_iter *iter)`::
+`void *hashmap_iter_first(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`::
+
+	Used to iterate over all entries of a hashmap.
++
+`hashmap_iter_init` initializes a `hashmap_iter` structure.
++
+`hashmap_iter_next` returns the next hashmap_entry, or NULL if there are no
+more entries.
++
+`hashmap_iter_first` is a combination of both (i.e. initializes the iterator
+and returns the first entry, if any).
+
+Usage example
+-------------
+
+Here's a simple usage example that maps long keys to double values.
+[source,c]
+------------
+struct hashmap map;
+
+struct long2double {
+	struct hashmap_entry ent; /* must be the first member! */
+	long key;
+	double value;
+};
+
+static int long2double_cmp(const struct long2double *e1, const struct long2double *e2, const void *unused)
+{
+	return !(e1->key == e2->key);
+}
+
+void long2double_init(void)
+{
+	hashmap_init(&map, (hashmap_cmp_fn) long2double_cmp, 0);
+}
+
+void long2double_free(void)
+{
+	hashmap_free(&map, 1);
+}
+
+static struct long2double *find_entry(long key)
+{
+	struct long2double k;
+	hashmap_entry_init(&k, memhash(&key, sizeof(long)));
+	k.key = key;
+	return hashmap_get(&map, &k, NULL);
+}
+
+double get_value(long key)
+{
+	struct long2double *e = find_entry(key);
+	return e ? e->value : 0;
+}
+
+void set_value(long key, double value)
+{
+	struct long2double *e = find_entry(key);
+	if (!e) {
+		e = malloc(sizeof(struct long2double));
+		hashmap_entry_init(e, memhash(&key, sizeof(long)));
+		e->key = key;
+		hashmap_add(&map, e);
+	}
+	e->value = value;
+}
+------------
+
+Using variable-sized keys
+-------------------------
+
+The `hashmap_entry_get` and `hashmap_entry_remove` functions expect an ordinary
+`hashmap_entry` structure as key to find the correct entry. If the key data is
+variable-sized (e.g. a FLEX_ARRAY string) or quite large, it is undesirable
+to create a full-fledged entry structure on the heap and copy all the key data
+into the structure.
+
+In this case, the `keydata` parameter can be used to pass
+variable-sized key data directly to the comparison function, and the `key`
+parameter can be a stripped-down, fixed size entry structure allocated on the
+stack.
+
+See test-hashmap.c for an example using arbitrary-length strings as keys.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 0be2b51..1f2db31 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 
 The parse-options API allows:
 
-* 'sticked' and 'separate form' of options with arguments.
-  `-oArg` is sticked, `-o Arg` is separate form.
-  `--option=Arg` is sticked, `--option Arg` is separate form.
+* 'stuck' and 'separate form' of options with arguments.
+  `-oArg` is stuck, `-o Arg` is separate form.
+  `--option=Arg` is stuck, `--option Arg` is separate form.
 
 * Long options may be 'abbreviated', as long as the abbreviation
   is unambiguous.
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@
 	`int_var` is set to `integer` with `--option`, and
 	reset to zero with `--no-option`.
 
-`OPT_SET_PTR(short, long, &ptr_var, description, ptr)`::
-	Introduce a boolean option.
-	If used, set `ptr_var` to `ptr`.
-
 `OPT_STRING(short, long, &str_var, arg_str, description)`::
 	Introduce an option with string argument.
 	The string argument is put into `str_var`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
index aa1c50f..02adfd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 this:
 
 	const char *path = "path/to/submodule"
-	if (!add_submodule_odb(path))
+	if (add_submodule_odb(path))
 		die("Error submodule '%s' not populated.", path);
 
-`add_submodule_odb()` will return an non-zero value on success. If you
+`add_submodule_odb()` will return zero on success. If you
 do not do this you will get an error for each ref that it does not point
 to a valid object.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt
index 4be8776..5d245aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@
 struct refspec
 --------------
 
-A struct refspec holds the parsed interpretation of a refspec. If it
-will force updates (starts with a '+'), force is true. If it is a
-pattern (sides end with '*') pattern is true. src and dest are the two
-sides (if a pattern, only the part outside of the wildcards); if there
-is only one side, it is src, and dst is NULL; if sides exist but are
-empty (i.e., the refspec either starts or ends with ':'), the
-corresponding side is "".
+A struct refspec holds the parsed interpretation of a refspec.  If it
+will force updates (starts with a '+'), force is true.  If it is a
+pattern (sides end with '*') pattern is true.  src and dest are the
+two sides (including '*' characters if present); if there is only one
+side, it is src, and dst is NULL; if sides exist but are empty (i.e.,
+the refspec either starts or ends with ':'), the corresponding side is
+"".
 
-This parsing can be done to an array of strings to give an array of
-struct refpsecs with parse_ref_spec().
+An array of strings can be parsed into an array of struct refspecs
+using parse_fetch_refspec() or parse_push_refspec().
 
 remote_find_tracking(), given a remote and a struct refspec with
 either src or dst filled out, will fill out the other such that the
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
index caf941a..20525d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 
   http://<host>:<port>/<path>?<searchpart>
 
-Within this documentation the placeholder $GIT_URL will stand for
+Within this documentation the placeholder `$GIT_URL` will stand for
 the http:// repository URL entered by the end-user.
 
-Servers SHOULD handle all requests to locations matching $GIT_URL, as
+Servers SHOULD handle all requests to locations matching `$GIT_URL`, as
 both the "smart" and "dumb" HTTP protocols used by Git operate
 by appending additional path components onto the end of the user
-supplied $GIT_URL string.
+supplied `$GIT_URL` string.
 
 An example of a dumb client requesting for a loose object:
 
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
   $GIT_URL:     http://example.com/git/repo.git/path/submodule.git
   URL request:  http://example.com/git/repo.git/path/submodule.git/info/refs
 
-Clients MUST strip a trailing '/', if present, from the user supplied
-$GIT_URL string to prevent empty path tokens ('//') from appearing
+Clients MUST strip a trailing `/`, if present, from the user supplied
+`$GIT_URL` string to prevent empty path tokens (`//`) from appearing
 in any URL sent to a server.  Compatible clients MUST expand
-'$GIT_URL/info/refs' as 'foo/info/refs' and not 'foo//info/refs'.
+`$GIT_URL/info/refs` as `foo/info/refs` and not `foo//info/refs`.
 
 
 Authentication
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@
 by both client and server.  This includes (but is not necessarily
 limited to):
 
-If there is no repository at $GIT_URL, or the resource pointed to by a
-location matching $GIT_URL does not exist, the server MUST NOT respond
-with '200 OK' response.  A server SHOULD respond with
-'404 Not Found', '410 Gone', or any other suitable HTTP status code
+If there is no repository at `$GIT_URL`, or the resource pointed to by a
+location matching `$GIT_URL` does not exist, the server MUST NOT respond
+with `200 OK` response.  A server SHOULD respond with
+`404 Not Found`, `410 Gone`, or any other suitable HTTP status code
 which does not imply the resource exists as requested.
 
-If there is a repository at $GIT_URL, but access is not currently
-permitted, the server MUST respond with the '403 Forbidden' HTTP
+If there is a repository at `$GIT_URL`, but access is not currently
+permitted, the server MUST respond with the `403 Forbidden` HTTP
 status code.
 
 Servers SHOULD support both HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@
 Clients MAY revalidate cached entities by including If-Modified-Since
 and/or If-None-Match request headers.
 
-Servers MAY return '304 Not Modified' if the relevant headers appear
+Servers MAY return `304 Not Modified` if the relevant headers appear
 in the request and the entity has not changed.  Clients MUST treat
-'304 Not Modified' identical to '200 OK' by reusing the cached entity.
+`304 Not Modified` identical to `200 OK` by reusing the cached entity.
 
 Clients MAY reuse a cached entity without revalidation if the
 Cache-Control and/or Expires header permits caching.  Clients and
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 references by making a request for the special info/refs file of
 the repository.
 
-Dumb HTTP clients MUST make a GET request to $GIT_URL/info/refs,
+Dumb HTTP clients MUST make a `GET` request to `$GIT_URL/info/refs`,
 without any search/query parameters.
 
    C: GET $GIT_URL/info/refs HTTP/1.0
@@ -161,21 +161,21 @@
    S: a3c2e2402b99163d1d59756e5f207ae21cccba4c	refs/tags/v1.0^{}
 
 The Content-Type of the returned info/refs entity SHOULD be
-"text/plain; charset=utf-8", but MAY be any content type.
+`text/plain; charset=utf-8`, but MAY be any content type.
 Clients MUST NOT attempt to validate the returned Content-Type.
 Dumb servers MUST NOT return a return type starting with
-"application/x-git-".
+`application/x-git-`.
 
 Cache-Control headers MAY be returned to disable caching of the
 returned entity.
 
 When examining the response clients SHOULD only examine the HTTP
-status code.  Valid responses are '200 OK', or '304 Not Modified'.
+status code.  Valid responses are `200 OK`, or `304 Not Modified`.
 
 The returned content is a UNIX formatted text file describing
 each ref and its known value.  The file SHOULD be sorted by name
 according to the C locale ordering.  The file SHOULD NOT include
-the default ref named 'HEAD'.
+the default ref named `HEAD`.
 
   info_refs   =  *( ref_record )
   ref_record  =  any_ref / peeled_ref
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@
 a parameterized request for the info/refs file of the repository.
 
 The request MUST contain exactly one query parameter,
-'service=$servicename', where $servicename MUST be the service
+`service=$servicename`, where `$servicename` MUST be the service
 name the client wishes to contact to complete the operation.
 The request MUST NOT contain additional query parameters.
 
    C: GET $GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.0
 
-   dumb server reply:
+dumb server reply:
+
    S: 200 OK
    S:
    S: 95dcfa3633004da0049d3d0fa03f80589cbcaf31	refs/heads/maint
@@ -206,7 +207,8 @@
    S: 2cb58b79488a98d2721cea644875a8dd0026b115	refs/tags/v1.0
    S: a3c2e2402b99163d1d59756e5f207ae21cccba4c	refs/tags/v1.0^{}
 
-   smart server reply:
+smart server reply:
+
    S: 200 OK
    S: Content-Type: application/x-git-upload-pack-advertisement
    S: Cache-Control: no-cache
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 If the server does not recognize the requested service name, or the
 requested service name has been disabled by the server administrator,
-the server MUST respond with the '403 Forbidden' HTTP status code.
+the server MUST respond with the `403 Forbidden` HTTP status code.
 
 Otherwise, smart servers MUST respond with the smart server reply
 format for the requested service name.
@@ -236,35 +238,35 @@
 Cache-Control headers SHOULD be used to disable caching of the
 returned entity.
 
-The Content-Type MUST be 'application/x-$servicename-advertisement'.
+The Content-Type MUST be `application/x-$servicename-advertisement`.
 Clients SHOULD fall back to the dumb protocol if another content
 type is returned.  When falling back to the dumb protocol clients
-SHOULD NOT make an additional request to $GIT_URL/info/refs, but
+SHOULD NOT make an additional request to `$GIT_URL/info/refs`, but
 instead SHOULD use the response already in hand.  Clients MUST NOT
 continue if they do not support the dumb protocol.
 
-Clients MUST validate the status code is either '200 OK' or
-'304 Not Modified'.
+Clients MUST validate the status code is either `200 OK` or
+`304 Not Modified`.
 
 Clients MUST validate the first five bytes of the response entity
-matches the regex "^[0-9a-f]{4}#".  If this test fails, clients
+matches the regex `^[0-9a-f]{4}#`.  If this test fails, clients
 MUST NOT continue.
 
 Clients MUST parse the entire response as a sequence of pkt-line
 records.
 
-Clients MUST verify the first pkt-line is "# service=$servicename".
+Clients MUST verify the first pkt-line is `# service=$servicename`.
 Servers MUST set $servicename to be the request parameter value.
 Servers SHOULD include an LF at the end of this line.
 Clients MUST ignore an LF at the end of the line.
 
-Servers MUST terminate the response with the magic "0000" end
+Servers MUST terminate the response with the magic `0000` end
 pkt-line marker.
 
 The returned response is a pkt-line stream describing each ref and
 its known value.  The stream SHOULD be sorted by name according to
 the C locale ordering.  The stream SHOULD include the default ref
-named 'HEAD' as the first ref.  The stream MUST include capability
+named `HEAD` as the first ref.  The stream MUST include capability
 declarations behind a NUL on the first ref.
 
   smart_reply     =  PKT-LINE("# service=$servicename" LF)
@@ -286,12 +288,13 @@
   peeled_ref      =  PKT-LINE(obj-id SP name LF)
 		     PKT-LINE(obj-id SP name "^{}" LF
 
+
 Smart Service git-upload-pack
 ------------------------------
-This service reads from the repository pointed to by $GIT_URL.
+This service reads from the repository pointed to by `$GIT_URL`.
 
 Clients MUST first perform ref discovery with
-'$GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack'.
+`$GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack`.
 
    C: POST $GIT_URL/git-upload-pack HTTP/1.0
    C: Content-Type: application/x-git-upload-pack-request
@@ -307,16 +310,16 @@
    S: ....ACK %s, continue
    S: ....NAK
 
-Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached reponse.
+Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached response.
 Servers MUST include sufficient Cache-Control headers
 to prevent caching of the response.
 
 Servers SHOULD support all capabilities defined here.
 
-Clients MUST send at least one 'want' command in the request body.
-Clients MUST NOT reference an id in a 'want' command which did not
+Clients MUST send at least one "want" command in the request body.
+Clients MUST NOT reference an id in a "want" command which did not
 appear in the response obtained through ref discovery unless the
-server advertises capability "allow-tip-sha1-in-want".
+server advertises capability `allow-tip-sha1-in-want`.
 
   compute_request   =  want_list
 		       have_list
@@ -332,128 +335,128 @@
   have_list         =  *PKT-LINE("have" SP id LF)
 
 TODO: Document this further.
-TODO: Don't use uppercase for variable names below.
 
 The Negotiation Algorithm
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The computation to select the minimal pack proceeds as follows
-(c = client, s = server):
+(C = client, S = server):
 
- init step:
- (c) Use ref discovery to obtain the advertised refs.
- (c) Place any object seen into set ADVERTISED.
+'init step:'
 
- (c) Build an empty set, COMMON, to hold the objects that are later
-     determined to be on both ends.
- (c) Build a set, WANT, of the objects from ADVERTISED the client
-     wants to fetch, based on what it saw during ref discovery.
+C: Use ref discovery to obtain the advertised refs.
 
- (c) Start a queue, C_PENDING, ordered by commit time (popping newest
-     first).  Add all client refs.  When a commit is popped from
-     the queue its parents SHOULD be automatically inserted back.
-     Commits MUST only enter the queue once.
+C: Place any object seen into set `advertised`.
 
- one compute step:
- (c) Send one $GIT_URL/git-upload-pack request:
+C: Build an empty set, `common`, to hold the objects that are later
+   determined to be on both ends.
 
-   C: 0032want <WANT #1>...............................
-   C: 0032want <WANT #2>...............................
+C: Build a set, `want`, of the objects from `advertised` the client
+   wants to fetch, based on what it saw during ref discovery.
+
+C: Start a queue, `c_pending`, ordered by commit time (popping newest
+   first).  Add all client refs.  When a commit is popped from
+   the queue its parents SHOULD be automatically inserted back.
+   Commits MUST only enter the queue once.
+
+'one compute step:'
+
+C: Send one `$GIT_URL/git-upload-pack` request:
+
+   C: 0032want <want #1>...............................
+   C: 0032want <want #2>...............................
    ....
-   C: 0032have <COMMON #1>.............................
-   C: 0032have <COMMON #2>.............................
+   C: 0032have <common #1>.............................
+   C: 0032have <common #2>.............................
    ....
-   C: 0032have <HAVE #1>...............................
-   C: 0032have <HAVE #2>...............................
+   C: 0032have <have #1>...............................
+   C: 0032have <have #2>...............................
    ....
    C: 0000
 
-     The stream is organized into "commands", with each command
-     appearing by itself in a pkt-line.  Within a command line
-     the text leading up to the first space is the command name,
-     and the remainder of the line to the first LF is the value.
-     Command lines are terminated with an LF as the last byte of
-     the pkt-line value.
+The stream is organized into "commands", with each command
+appearing by itself in a pkt-line.  Within a command line
+the text leading up to the first space is the command name,
+and the remainder of the line to the first LF is the value.
+Command lines are terminated with an LF as the last byte of
+the pkt-line value.
 
-     Commands MUST appear in the following order, if they appear
-     at all in the request stream:
+Commands MUST appear in the following order, if they appear
+at all in the request stream:
 
-       * want
-       * have
+* "want"
+* "have"
 
-     The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush ("0000").
+The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush (`0000`).
 
-     A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted
-     SHA-1 as its value.  Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending
-     multiple commands.
+A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted
+SHA-1 as its value.  Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending
+multiple commands.
 
-     The HAVE list is created by popping the first 32 commits
-     from C_PENDING.  Less can be supplied if C_PENDING empties.
+The `have` list is created by popping the first 32 commits
+from `c_pending`.  Less can be supplied if `c_pending` empties.
 
-     If the client has sent 256 HAVE commits and has not yet
-     received one of those back from S_COMMON, or the client has
-     emptied C_PENDING it SHOULD include a "done" command to let
-     the server know it won't proceed:
+If the client has sent 256 "have" commits and has not yet
+received one of those back from `s_common`, or the client has
+emptied `c_pending` it SHOULD include a "done" command to let
+the server know it won't proceed:
 
    C: 0009done
 
-  (s) Parse the git-upload-pack request:
+S: Parse the git-upload-pack request:
 
-      Verify all objects in WANT are directly reachable from refs.
+Verify all objects in `want` are directly reachable from refs.
 
-      The server MAY walk backwards through history or through
-      the reflog to permit slightly stale requests.
+The server MAY walk backwards through history or through
+the reflog to permit slightly stale requests.
 
-      If no WANT objects are received, send an error:
+If no "want" objects are received, send an error:
+TODO: Define error if no "want" lines are requested.
 
-TODO: Define error if no want lines are requested.
+If any "want" object is not reachable, send an error:
+TODO: Define error if an invalid "want" is requested.
 
-      If any WANT object is not reachable, send an error:
+Create an empty list, `s_common`.
 
-TODO: Define error if an invalid want is requested.
+If "have" was sent:
 
-     Create an empty list, S_COMMON.
+Loop through the objects in the order supplied by the client.
 
-     If 'have' was sent:
+For each object, if the server has the object reachable from
+a ref, add it to `s_common`.  If a commit is added to `s_common`,
+do not add any ancestors, even if they also appear in `have`.
 
-     Loop through the objects in the order supplied by the client.
-     For each object, if the server has the object reachable from
-     a ref, add it to S_COMMON.  If a commit is added to S_COMMON,
-     do not add any ancestors, even if they also appear in HAVE.
+S: Send the git-upload-pack response:
 
-  (s) Send the git-upload-pack response:
-
-     If the server has found a closed set of objects to pack or the
-     request ends with "done", it replies with the pack.
-
+If the server has found a closed set of objects to pack or the
+request ends with "done", it replies with the pack.
 TODO: Document the pack based response
+
    S: PACK...
 
-     The returned stream is the side-band-64k protocol supported
-     by the git-upload-pack service, and the pack is embedded into
-     stream 1.  Progress messages from the server side MAY appear
-     in stream 2.
+The returned stream is the side-band-64k protocol supported
+by the git-upload-pack service, and the pack is embedded into
+stream 1.  Progress messages from the server side MAY appear
+in stream 2.
 
-     Here a "closed set of objects" is defined to have at least
-     one path from every WANT to at least one COMMON object.
+Here a "closed set of objects" is defined to have at least
+one path from every "want" to at least one "common" object.
 
-     If the server needs more information, it replies with a
-     status continue response:
-
+If the server needs more information, it replies with a
+status continue response:
 TODO: Document the non-pack response
 
-  (c) Parse the upload-pack response:
+C: Parse the upload-pack response:
+   TODO: Document parsing response
 
-TODO: Document parsing response
-
-      Do another compute step.
+'Do another compute step.'
 
 
 Smart Service git-receive-pack
 ------------------------------
-This service reads from the repository pointed to by $GIT_URL.
+This service reads from the repository pointed to by `$GIT_URL`.
 
 Clients MUST first perform ref discovery with
-'$GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack'.
+`$GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack`.
 
    C: POST $GIT_URL/git-receive-pack HTTP/1.0
    C: Content-Type: application/x-git-receive-pack-request
@@ -468,7 +471,7 @@
    S:
    S: ....
 
-Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached reponse.
+Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached response.
 Servers MUST include sufficient Cache-Control headers
 to prevent caching of the response.
 
@@ -497,7 +500,7 @@
 References
 ----------
 
-link:http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt[RFC 1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL)]
-link:http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt[RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
+http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt[RFC 1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL)]
+http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt[RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
 link:technical/pack-protocol.html
 link:technical/protocol-capabilities.html
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-heuristics.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-heuristics.txt
index b7bd951..95a07db 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-heuristics.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-heuristics.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-        Concerning Git's Packing Heuristics
-        ===================================
+Concerning Git's Packing Heuristics
+===================================
 
         Oh, here's a really stupid question:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index b898e97..18dea8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 
 ----
   advertised-refs  =  (no-refs / list-of-refs)
+		      *shallow
 		      flush-pkt
 
   no-refs          =  PKT-LINE(zero-id SP "capabilities^{}"
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@
   other-tip        =  obj-id SP refname LF
   other-peeled     =  obj-id SP refname "^{}" LF
 
+  shallow          =  PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
+
   capability-list  =  capability *(SP capability)
   capability       =  1*(LC_ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "_")
   LC_ALPHA         =  %x61-7A
@@ -234,10 +237,10 @@
 this transaction, which is the number of commits it wants from the
 tip of the history, if any, as a 'deepen' line.  A depth of 0 is the
 same as not making a depth request. The client does not want to receive
-any commits beyond this depth, nor objects needed only to complete
-those commits. Commits whose parents are not received as a result are
-defined as shallow and marked as such in the server. This information
-is sent back to the client in the next step.
+any commits beyond this depth, nor does it want objects needed only to
+complete those commits. Commits whose parents are not received as a
+result are defined as shallow and marked as such in the server. This
+information is sent back to the client in the next step.
 
 Once all the 'want's and 'shallow's (and optional 'deepen') are
 transferred, clients MUST send a flush-pkt, to tell the server side
@@ -335,7 +338,8 @@
 ancestor is found before we give up entirely.
 
 Once the 'done' line is read from the client, the server will either
-send a final 'ACK obj-id' or it will send a 'NAK'. The server only sends
+send a final 'ACK obj-id' or it will send a 'NAK'. 'obj-id' is the object
+name of the last commit determined to be common. The server only sends
 ACK after 'done' if there is at least one common base and multi_ack or
 multi_ack_detailed is enabled. The server always sends NAK after 'done'
 if there is no common base found.
@@ -461,7 +465,9 @@
 references.
 
 ----
-  update-request    =  command-list [pack-file]
+  update-request    =  *shallow command-list [pack-file]
+
+  shallow           =  PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
 
   command-list      =  PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list LF)
 		       *PKT-LINE(command LF)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index fd8ffa5..e174343 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -69,17 +69,50 @@
 Without multi_ack the client would have sent that c-b-a chain anyway,
 interleaved with S-R-Q.
 
+multi_ack_detailed
+------------------
+This is an extension of multi_ack that permits client to better
+understand the server's in-memory state. See pack-protocol.txt,
+section "Packfile Negotiation" for more information.
+
+no-done
+-------
+This capability should only be used with the smart HTTP protocol. If
+multi_ack_detailed and no-done are both present, then the sender is
+free to immediately send a pack following its first "ACK obj-id ready"
+message.
+
+Without no-done in the smart HTTP protocol, the server session would
+end and the client has to make another trip to send "done" before
+the server can send the pack. no-done removes the last round and
+thus slightly reduces latency.
+
 thin-pack
 ---------
 
-This capability means that the server can send a 'thin' pack, a pack
-which does not contain base objects; if those base objects are available
-on client side. Client requests 'thin-pack' capability when it
-understands how to "thicken" it by adding required delta bases making
-it self-contained.
+A thin pack is one with deltas which reference base objects not
+contained within the pack (but are known to exist at the receiving
+end). This can reduce the network traffic significantly, but it
+requires the receiving end to know how to "thicken" these packs by
+adding the missing bases to the pack.
 
-Client MUST NOT request 'thin-pack' capability if it cannot turn a thin
-pack into a self-contained pack.
+The upload-pack server advertises 'thin-pack' when it can generate
+and send a thin pack. A client requests the 'thin-pack' capability
+when it understands how to "thicken" it, notifying the server that
+it can receive such a pack. A client MUST NOT request the
+'thin-pack' capability if it cannot turn a thin pack into a
+self-contained pack.
+
+Receive-pack, on the other hand, is assumed by default to be able to
+handle thin packs, but can ask the client not to use the feature by
+advertising the 'no-thin' capability. A client MUST NOT send a thin
+pack if the server advertises the 'no-thin' capability.
+
+The reasons for this asymmetry are historical. The receive-pack
+program did not exist until after the invention of thin packs, so
+historically the reference implementation of receive-pack always
+understood thin packs. Adding 'no-thin' later allowed receive-pack
+to disable the feature in a backwards-compatible manner.
 
 
 side-band, side-band-64k
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
index fb7ff08..889985f 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   caret `^`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`,
   or open bracket `[` anywhere.
 
-. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`.
+. They cannot end with a slash `/` or a dot `.`.
 
 . They cannot end with the sequence `.lock`.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index cbb01a1..022e74e 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Git User Manual
-_______________
+===============
 
 Git is a fast distributed revision control system.
 
@@ -3795,7 +3795,7 @@
 $ git update-index filename
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-but to avoid common mistakes with filename globbing etc, the command
+but to avoid common mistakes with filename globbing etc., the command
 will not normally add totally new entries or remove old entries,
 i.e. it will normally just update existing cache entries.
 
@@ -4074,7 +4074,7 @@
 
 Earlier we said that trivial merges are done inside
 `git read-tree -m`.  For example, if the file did not change
-from `$orig` to `HEAD` nor `$target`, or if the file changed
+from `$orig` to `HEAD` or `$target`, or if the file changed
 from `$orig` to `HEAD` and `$orig` to `$target` the same way,
 obviously the final outcome is what is in `HEAD`.  What the
 above example shows is that file `hello.c` was changed from
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b444c18..5b367ab 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.8.4.GIT
+DEF_VER=v2.0.0-rc0
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 555d44c..74a929b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@
 # git-http-push are not built, and you cannot use http:// and https://
 # transports (neither smart nor dumb).
 #
+# Define CURL_CONFIG to the path to a curl-config binary other than the
+# default 'curl-config'.
+#
+# Define CURL_STATIC to statically link libcurl.  Only applies if
+# CURL_CONFIG is used.
+#
 # Define CURLDIR=/foo/bar if your curl header and library files are in
-# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
+# /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.  This overrides CURL_CONFIG,
+# but is less robust.
 #
 # Define NO_EXPAT if you do not have expat installed.  git-http-push is
 # not built, and you cannot push using http:// and https:// transports (dumb).
@@ -59,9 +66,9 @@
 # FreeBSD can use either, but MinGW and some others need to use
 # libcharset.h's locale_charset() instead.
 #
-# Define CHARSET_LIB to you need to link with library other than -liconv to
+# Define CHARSET_LIB to the library you need to link with in order to
 # use locale_charset() function.  On some platforms this needs to set to
-# -lcharset
+# -lcharset, on others to -liconv .
 #
 # Define LIBC_CONTAINS_LIBINTL if your gettext implementation doesn't
 # need -lintl when linking.
@@ -101,14 +108,6 @@
 #
 # Define NO_MKSTEMPS if you don't have mkstemps in the C library.
 #
-# Define NO_FNMATCH if you don't have fnmatch in the C library.
-#
-# Define NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD if your fnmatch function doesn't have the
-# FNM_CASEFOLD GNU extension.
-#
-# Define NO_WILDMATCH if you do not want to use Git's wildmatch
-# implementation as fnmatch
-#
 # Define NO_GECOS_IN_PWENT if you don't have pw_gecos in struct passwd
 # in the C library.
 #
@@ -151,15 +150,17 @@
 #
 # Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO if you need -lssl when using -lcrypto (Darwin).
 #
-# Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL if you need -lssl with -lcurl (Minix).
+# Define NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL if you need -lssl with -lcurl (Minix).  Only used
+# if CURLDIR is set.
 #
-# Define NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL if you need -lidn when using -lcurl (Minix).
+# Define NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL if you need -lidn when using -lcurl (Minix).  Only
+# used if CURLDIR is set.
 #
 # Define NEEDS_LIBICONV if linking with libc is not enough (Darwin).
 #
 # Define NEEDS_LIBINTL_BEFORE_LIBICONV if you need libintl before libiconv.
 #
-# Define NO_INTPTR_T if you don't have intptr_t nor uintptr_t.
+# Define NO_INTPTR_T if you don't have intptr_t or uintptr_t.
 #
 # Define NO_UINTMAX_T if you don't have uintmax_t.
 #
@@ -342,6 +343,13 @@
 # Define DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT to "man", "info" or "html"
 # (defaults to "man") if you want to have a different default when
 # "git help" is called without a parameter specifying the format.
+#
+# Define TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION to 2, 3 or 4 to run the test suite
+# with a different indexfile format version.  If it isn't set the index
+# file format used is index-v[23].
+#
+# Define GMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS if your gmtime() function does not
+# return NULL when it receives a bogus time_t.
 
 GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
 	@$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -452,7 +460,6 @@
 SCRIPT_SH += git-bisect.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-difftool--helper.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-filter-branch.sh
-SCRIPT_SH += git-lost-found.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-octopus.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-one-file.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-resolve.sh
@@ -556,6 +563,7 @@
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-delta
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-dump-cache-tree
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-genrandom
+TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-hashmap
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-index-version
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-line-buffer
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-match-trees
@@ -587,11 +595,8 @@
 BUILT_INS += git-cherry-pick$X
 BUILT_INS += git-format-patch$X
 BUILT_INS += git-fsck-objects$X
-BUILT_INS += git-get-tar-commit-id$X
 BUILT_INS += git-init$X
 BUILT_INS += git-merge-subtree$X
-BUILT_INS += git-peek-remote$X
-BUILT_INS += git-repo-config$X
 BUILT_INS += git-show$X
 BUILT_INS += git-stage$X
 BUILT_INS += git-status$X
@@ -677,7 +682,7 @@
 LIB_H += gpg-interface.h
 LIB_H += graph.h
 LIB_H += grep.h
-LIB_H += hash.h
+LIB_H += hashmap.h
 LIB_H += help.h
 LIB_H += http.h
 LIB_H += kwset.h
@@ -814,7 +819,7 @@
 LIB_OBJS += gpg-interface.o
 LIB_OBJS += graph.o
 LIB_OBJS += grep.o
-LIB_OBJS += hash.o
+LIB_OBJS += hashmap.o
 LIB_OBJS += help.o
 LIB_OBJS += hex.o
 LIB_OBJS += ident.o
@@ -899,6 +904,7 @@
 LIB_OBJS += utf8.o
 LIB_OBJS += varint.o
 LIB_OBJS += version.o
+LIB_OBJS += versioncmp.o
 LIB_OBJS += walker.o
 LIB_OBJS += wildmatch.o
 LIB_OBJS += wrapper.o
@@ -943,6 +949,7 @@
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/for-each-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/fsck.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/gc.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/get-tar-commit-id.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/grep.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/hash-object.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/help.o
@@ -994,7 +1001,6 @@
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/stripspace.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/symbolic-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/tag.o
-BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/tar-tree.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/unpack-file.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/unpack-objects.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/update-index.o
@@ -1124,17 +1130,29 @@
 		# Try "-Wl,-rpath=$(CURLDIR)/$(lib)" in such a case.
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(CURLDIR)/include
 		CURL_LIBCURL = -L$(CURLDIR)/$(lib) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(CURLDIR)/$(lib) -lcurl
-	else
-		CURL_LIBCURL = -lcurl
-	endif
-	ifdef NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL
-		CURL_LIBCURL += -lssl
-		ifdef NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL
-			CURL_LIBCURL += -lcrypto
+		ifdef NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL
+			CURL_LIBCURL += -lssl
+			ifdef NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL
+				CURL_LIBCURL += -lcrypto
+			endif
 		endif
-	endif
-	ifdef NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL
-		CURL_LIBCURL += -lidn
+		ifdef NEEDS_IDN_WITH_CURL
+			CURL_LIBCURL += -lidn
+		endif
+	else
+		CURL_CONFIG ?= curl-config
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += $(shell $(CURL_CONFIG) --cflags)
+		ifdef CURL_STATIC
+			CURL_LIBCURL = $(shell $(CURL_CONFIG) --static-libs)
+			ifeq "$(CURL_LIBCURL)" ""
+				$(error libcurl not detected or not compiled with static support)
+			endif
+		else
+			CURL_LIBCURL = $(shell $(CURL_CONFIG) --libs)
+			ifeq "$(CURL_LIBCURL)" ""
+				$(error libcurl not detected; try setting CURLDIR)
+			endif
+		endif
 	endif
 
 	REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY = git-remote-http$X
@@ -1286,20 +1304,6 @@
 ifdef NO_STRTOULL
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_STRTOULL
 endif
-ifdef NO_FNMATCH
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -Icompat/fnmatch
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_FNMATCH
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o
-else
-ifdef NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -Icompat/fnmatch
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o
-endif
-endif
-ifndef NO_WILDMATCH
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DUSE_WILDMATCH
-endif
 ifdef NO_SETENV
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_SETENV
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/setenv.o
@@ -1509,6 +1513,11 @@
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DXDL_FAST_HASH
 endif
 
+ifdef GMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/gmtime.o
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DGMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
 NO_TCLTK = NoThanks
 endif
@@ -1599,6 +1608,7 @@
 PYTHON_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH))
 TCLTK_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(TCLTK_PATH))
 DIFF_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DIFF))
+PERLLIB_EXTRA_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERLLIB_EXTRA))
 
 LIBS = $(GITLIBS) $(EXTLIBS)
 
@@ -1787,7 +1797,7 @@
 
 git.res: git.rc GIT-VERSION-FILE
 	$(QUIET_RC)$(RC) \
-	  $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR= -DPATCH=, $(wordlist 1,3,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(GIT_VERSION))))) \
+	  $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR=, $(wordlist 1,2,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(GIT_VERSION))))) \
 	  -DGIT_VERSION="\\\"$(GIT_VERSION)\\\"" $< -o $@
 
 ifndef NO_PERL
@@ -1803,9 +1813,12 @@
 perl/perl.mak: GIT-CFLAGS GIT-PREFIX perl/Makefile perl/Makefile.PL
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)perl $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' $(@F)
 
-$(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): % : %.perl GIT-VERSION-FILE
+PERL_DEFINES = $(PERL_PATH_SQ):$(PERLLIB_EXTRA_SQ)
+$(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): % : %.perl perl/perl.mak GIT-PERL-DEFINES GIT-VERSION-FILE
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C perl -s --no-print-directory instlibdir` && \
+	INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA='$(PERLLIB_EXTRA_SQ)' && \
+	INSTLIBDIR="$$INSTLIBDIR$${INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA:+:$$INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA}" && \
 	sed -e '1{' \
 	    -e '	s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e '	h' \
@@ -1818,6 +1831,13 @@
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
+GIT-PERL-DEFINES: FORCE
+	@FLAGS='$(PERL_DEFINES)'; \
+	    if test x"$$FLAGS" != x"`cat $@ 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
+		echo >&2 "    * new perl-specific parameters"; \
+		echo "$$FLAGS" >$@; \
+	    fi
+
 
 .PHONY: gitweb
 gitweb:
@@ -2054,10 +2074,10 @@
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LINK) $(OPENSSL_LIBSSL) $(LIB_4_CRYPTO)
 
-git-http-fetch$X: revision.o http.o http-walker.o http-fetch.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
+git-http-fetch$X: http.o http-walker.o http-fetch.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL)
-git-http-push$X: revision.o http.o http-push.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
+git-http-push$X: http.o http-push.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
 
@@ -2103,7 +2123,7 @@
 
 XGETTEXT_FLAGS = \
 	--force-po \
-	--add-comments \
+	--add-comments=TRANSLATORS: \
 	--msgid-bugs-address="Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>" \
 	--from-code=UTF-8
 XGETTEXT_FLAGS_C = $(XGETTEXT_FLAGS) --language=C \
@@ -2226,6 +2246,9 @@
 ifdef GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS
 	@echo GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS)))'\' >>$@
 endif
+ifdef TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION
+	@echo TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION)))'\' >>$@
+endif
 
 ### Detect Python interpreter path changes
 ifndef NO_PYTHON
@@ -2506,7 +2529,8 @@
 	$(MAKE) -C git-gui clean
 endif
 	$(RM) GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-CFLAGS GIT-LDFLAGS GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
-	$(RM) GIT-USER-AGENT GIT-PREFIX GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES GIT-PYTHON-VARS
+	$(RM) GIT-USER-AGENT GIT-PREFIX
+	$(RM) GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES GIT-PERL-DEFINES GIT-PYTHON-VARS
 
 .PHONY: all install profile-clean clean strip
 .PHONY: shell_compatibility_test please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 61c3b54..e50885c 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 64adbe2..ca33558 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 				else
 					goto error_out;
 			}
-			if (len && !is_dir_sep(buf[len-1]))
+			if (len && !is_dir_sep(buf[len - 1]))
 				buf[len++] = '/';
 			strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
 			free(last_elem);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 error_out:
 	free(last_elem);
 	if (*cwd && chdir(cwd))
-		die_errno ("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd);
+		die_errno("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd);
 
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 		if (!cwd)
 			die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
 		len = strlen(cwd);
-		fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len-1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
+		fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len - 1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
 		if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, fmt, cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
 			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 	}
@@ -215,23 +215,25 @@
  */
 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
 {
-	static char path[PATH_MAX];
+	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 #ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
 	if (!pfx_len || is_absolute_path(arg))
 		return arg;
-	memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
-	strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
+	strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
 #else
 	char *p;
 	/* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
 	if (is_absolute_path(arg))
 		pfx_len = 0;
 	else if (pfx_len)
-		memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
-	strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
-	for (p = path + pfx_len; *p; p++)
+		strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
+	for (p = path.buf + pfx_len; *p; p++)
 		if (*p == '\\')
 			*p = '/';
 #endif
-	return path;
+	return path.buf;
 }
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 3eca9f5..486f823 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 int advice_push_update_rejected = 1;
 int advice_push_non_ff_current = 1;
-int advice_push_non_ff_default = 1;
 int advice_push_non_ff_matching = 1;
 int advice_push_already_exists = 1;
 int advice_push_fetch_first = 1;
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@
 } advice_config[] = {
 	{ "pushupdaterejected", &advice_push_update_rejected },
 	{ "pushnonffcurrent", &advice_push_non_ff_current },
-	{ "pushnonffdefault", &advice_push_non_ff_default },
 	{ "pushnonffmatching", &advice_push_non_ff_matching },
 	{ "pushalreadyexists", &advice_push_already_exists },
 	{ "pushfetchfirst", &advice_push_fetch_first },
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index 08fbc8e..5ecc6c1 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 extern int advice_push_update_rejected;
 extern int advice_push_non_ff_current;
-extern int advice_push_non_ff_default;
 extern int advice_push_non_ff_matching;
 extern int advice_push_already_exists;
 extern int advice_push_fetch_first;
diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index eb9f08b..5efc3d6 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 static int alias_lookup_cb(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!prefixcmp(k, "alias.") && !strcmp(k+6, alias_key)) {
+	if (starts_with(k, "alias.") && !strcmp(k + 6, alias_key)) {
 		if (!v)
 			return config_error_nonbool(k);
 		alias_val = xstrdup(v);
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	int src, dst, count = 0, size = 16;
 	char quoted = 0;
 
-	*argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char *) * size);
+	*argv = xmalloc(sizeof(**argv) * size);
 
 	/* split alias_string */
 	(*argv)[count++] = cmdline;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 			while (cmdline[++src]
 					&& isspace(cmdline[src]))
 				; /* skip */
-			ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count+1, size);
+			ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count + 1, size);
 			(*argv)[count++] = cmdline + dst;
 		} else if (!quoted && (c == '\'' || c == '"')) {
 			quoted = c;
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@
 		return -SPLIT_CMDLINE_UNCLOSED_QUOTE;
 	}
 
-	ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count+1, size);
+	ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count + 1, size);
 	(*argv)[count] = NULL;
 
 	return count;
 }
 
-const char *split_cmdline_strerror(int split_cmdline_errno) {
-	return split_cmdline_errors[-split_cmdline_errno-1];
+const char *split_cmdline_strerror(int split_cmdline_errno)
+{
+	return split_cmdline_errors[-split_cmdline_errno - 1];
 }
diff --git a/alloc.c b/alloc.c
index aeae55c..f3ee745 100644
--- a/alloc.c
+++ b/alloc.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 }
 
 #define REPORT(name)	\
-    report(#name, name##_allocs, name##_allocs*sizeof(struct name) >> 10)
+    report(#name, name##_allocs, name##_allocs * sizeof(struct name) >> 10)
 
 void alloc_report(void)
 {
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 99fadc8..3fc0fb2 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 static const struct archiver **archivers;
 static int nr_archivers;
 static int alloc_archivers;
+static int remote_allow_unreachable;
 
 void register_archiver(struct archiver *ar)
 {
@@ -257,10 +258,10 @@
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 
 	/* Remotes are only allowed to fetch actual refs */
-	if (remote) {
+	if (remote && !remote_allow_unreachable) {
 		char *ref = NULL;
-		const char *colon = strchr(name, ':');
-		int refnamelen = colon ? colon - name : strlen(name);
+		const char *colon = strchrnul(name, ':');
+		int refnamelen = colon - name;
 
 		if (!dwim_ref(name, refnamelen, sha1, &ref))
 			die("no such ref: %.*s", refnamelen, name);
@@ -401,6 +402,14 @@
 	return argc;
 }
 
+static int git_default_archive_config(const char *var, const char *value,
+				      void *cb)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "uploadarchive.allowunreachable"))
+		remote_allow_unreachable = git_config_bool(var, value);
+	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
+}
+
 int write_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		  int setup_prefix, const char *name_hint, int remote)
 {
@@ -411,7 +420,7 @@
 	if (setup_prefix && prefix == NULL)
 		prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
 
-	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+	git_config(git_default_archive_config, NULL);
 	init_tar_archiver();
 	init_zip_archiver();
 
@@ -440,7 +449,7 @@
 	 * prefix is non-empty (k.e., we don't match .tar.gz with no actual
 	 * filename).
 	 */
-	if (prefixlen < 2 || filename[prefixlen-1] != '.')
+	if (prefixlen < 2 || filename[prefixlen - 1] != '.')
 		return 0;
 	return !strcmp(filename + prefixlen, ext);
 }
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 0e774c6..734222d 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 	name = cp;
 	namelen = strcspn(name, blank);
 	if (strlen(ATTRIBUTE_MACRO_PREFIX) < namelen &&
-	    !prefixcmp(name, ATTRIBUTE_MACRO_PREFIX)) {
+	    starts_with(name, ATTRIBUTE_MACRO_PREFIX)) {
 		if (!macro_ok) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s not allowed: %s:%d\n",
 				name, src, lineno);
@@ -338,12 +338,7 @@
 	a = parse_attr_line(line, src, lineno, macro_ok);
 	if (!a)
 		return;
-	if (res->alloc <= res->num_matches) {
-		res->alloc = alloc_nr(res->num_matches);
-		res->attrs = xrealloc(res->attrs,
-				      sizeof(struct match_attr *) *
-				      res->alloc);
-	}
+	ALLOC_GROW(res->attrs, res->num_matches + 1, res->alloc);
 	res->attrs[res->num_matches++] = a;
 }
 
diff --git a/base85.c b/base85.c
index 781b575..5ca601e 100644
--- a/base85.c
+++ b/base85.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 {
 	prep_base85();
 
-	say2("decode 85 <%.*s>", len/4*5, buffer);
+	say2("decode 85 <%.*s>", len / 4 * 5, buffer);
 	while (len) {
 		unsigned acc = 0;
 		int de, cnt = 4;
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 1e46a4f..d6e851d 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 static const char *argv_show_branch[] = {"show-branch", NULL, NULL};
 static const char *argv_update_ref[] = {"update-ref", "--no-deref", "BISECT_HEAD", NULL, NULL};
 
-/* bits #0-15 in revision.h */
-
+/* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
 #define COUNTED		(1u<<16)
 
 /*
@@ -406,9 +405,9 @@
 	if (!strcmp(refname, "bad")) {
 		current_bad_sha1 = xmalloc(20);
 		hashcpy(current_bad_sha1, sha1);
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(refname, "good-")) {
+	} else if (starts_with(refname, "good-")) {
 		sha1_array_append(&good_revs, sha1);
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(refname, "skip-")) {
+	} else if (starts_with(refname, "skip-")) {
 		sha1_array_append(&skipped_revs, sha1);
 	}
 
@@ -685,7 +684,6 @@
 
 static int bisect_checkout(char *bisect_rev_hex, int no_checkout)
 {
-	int res;
 
 	mark_expected_rev(bisect_rev_hex);
 
@@ -696,6 +694,7 @@
 			die("update-ref --no-deref HEAD failed on %s",
 			    bisect_rev_hex);
 	} else {
+		int res;
 		res = run_command_v_opt(argv_checkout, RUN_GIT_CMD);
 		if (res)
 			exit(res);
diff --git a/block-sha1/sha1.c b/block-sha1/sha1.c
index 6d637bd..22b125c 100644
--- a/block-sha1/sha1.c
+++ b/block-sha1/sha1.c
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
 	padlen[1] = htonl((uint32_t)(ctx->size << 3));
 
 	i = ctx->size & 63;
-	blk_SHA1_Update(ctx, pad, 1+ (63 & (55 - i)));
+	blk_SHA1_Update(ctx, pad, 1 + (63 & (55 - i)));
 	blk_SHA1_Update(ctx, padlen, 8);
 
 	/* Output hash */
 	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
-		put_be32(hashout + i*4, ctx->H[i]);
+		put_be32(hashout + i * 4, ctx->H[i]);
 }
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 9e6c68e..660097b 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 #include "refs.h"
@@ -49,12 +50,11 @@
 
 void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote)
 {
-	const char *shortname = remote + 11;
-	int remote_is_branch = !prefixcmp(remote, "refs/heads/");
+	const char *shortname = skip_prefix(remote, "refs/heads/");
 	struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int rebasing = should_setup_rebase(origin);
 
-	if (remote_is_branch
+	if (shortname
 	    && !strcmp(local, shortname)
 	    && !origin) {
 		warning(_("Not setting branch %s as its own upstream."),
@@ -77,29 +77,29 @@
 	strbuf_release(&key);
 
 	if (flag & BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE) {
-		if (remote_is_branch && origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s."),
-				  local, shortname, origin);
-		else if (remote_is_branch && !origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s."),
-				  local, shortname);
-		else if (!remote_is_branch && origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s."),
-				  local, remote);
-		else if (!remote_is_branch && !origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s."),
-				  local, remote);
-		else
-			die("BUG: impossible combination of %d and %p",
-			    remote_is_branch, origin);
+		if (shortname) {
+			if (origin)
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s."),
+					  local, shortname, origin);
+			else
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s."),
+					  local, shortname);
+		} else {
+			if (origin)
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s."),
+					  local, remote);
+			else
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s."),
+					  local, remote);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@
 	struct tracking tracking;
 	int config_flags = quiet ? 0 : BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE;
 
-	if (strlen(new_ref) > 1024 - 7 - 7 - 1)
-		return error(_("Tracking not set up: name too long: %s"),
-				new_ref);
-
 	memset(&tracking, 0, sizeof(tracking));
 	tracking.spec.dst = (char *)orig_ref;
 	if (for_each_remote(find_tracked_branch, &tracking))
@@ -272,7 +268,7 @@
 		break;
 	case 1:
 		/* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */
-		if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
+		if (!starts_with(real_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
 		    validate_remote_tracking_branch(real_ref)) {
 			if (explicit_tracking)
 				die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name);
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index b56cf07..c47c110 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 extern int textconv_object(const char *path, unsigned mode, const unsigned char *sha1, int sha1_valid, char **buf, unsigned long *buf_size);
 
+extern int is_builtin(const char *s);
+
 extern int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
@@ -103,7 +105,6 @@
 extern int cmd_remote_ext(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_remote_fd(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
-extern int cmd_repo_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_rerere(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 226f758..459208a 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "bulk-checkin.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_add_usage[] = {
 	N_("git add [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
@@ -26,55 +27,8 @@
 struct update_callback_data {
 	int flags;
 	int add_errors;
-	const char *implicit_dot;
-	size_t implicit_dot_len;
-
-	/* only needed for 2.0 transition preparation */
-	int warn_add_would_remove;
 };
 
-static const char *option_with_implicit_dot;
-static const char *short_option_with_implicit_dot;
-
-static void warn_pathless_add(void)
-{
-	static int shown;
-	assert(option_with_implicit_dot && short_option_with_implicit_dot);
-
-	if (shown)
-		return;
-	shown = 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * To be consistent with "git add -p" and most Git
-	 * commands, we should default to being tree-wide, but
-	 * this is not the original behavior and can't be
-	 * changed until users trained themselves not to type
-	 * "git add -u" or "git add -A". For now, we warn and
-	 * keep the old behavior. Later, the behavior can be changed
-	 * to tree-wide, keeping the warning for a while, and
-	 * eventually we can drop the warning.
-	 */
-	warning(_("The behavior of 'git add %s (or %s)' with no path argument from a\n"
-		  "subdirectory of the tree will change in Git 2.0 and should not be used anymore.\n"
-		  "To add content for the whole tree, run:\n"
-		  "\n"
-		  "  git add %s :/\n"
-		  "  (or git add %s :/)\n"
-		  "\n"
-		  "To restrict the command to the current directory, run:\n"
-		  "\n"
-		  "  git add %s .\n"
-		  "  (or git add %s .)\n"
-		  "\n"
-		  "With the current Git version, the command is restricted to "
-		  "the current directory.\n"
-		  ""),
-		option_with_implicit_dot, short_option_with_implicit_dot,
-		option_with_implicit_dot, short_option_with_implicit_dot,
-		option_with_implicit_dot, short_option_with_implicit_dot);
-}
-
 static int fix_unmerged_status(struct diff_filepair *p,
 			       struct update_callback_data *data)
 {
@@ -96,49 +50,15 @@
 		return DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED;
 }
 
-static const char *add_would_remove_warning = N_(
-	"You ran 'git add' with neither '-A (--all)' or '--ignore-removal',\n"
-"whose behaviour will change in Git 2.0 with respect to paths you removed.\n"
-"Paths like '%s' that are\n"
-"removed from your working tree are ignored with this version of Git.\n"
-"\n"
-"* 'git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>', which is the current default,\n"
-"  ignores paths you removed from your working tree.\n"
-"\n"
-"* 'git add --all <pathspec>' will let you also record the removals.\n"
-"\n"
-"Run 'git status' to check the paths you removed from your working tree.\n");
-
-static void warn_add_would_remove(const char *path)
-{
-	warning(_(add_would_remove_warning), path);
-}
-
 static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 			    struct diff_options *opt, void *cbdata)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct update_callback_data *data = cbdata;
-	const char *implicit_dot = data->implicit_dot;
-	size_t implicit_dot_len = data->implicit_dot_len;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
 		const char *path = p->one->path;
-		/*
-		 * Check if "git add -A" or "git add -u" was run from a
-		 * subdirectory with a modified file outside that directory,
-		 * and warn if so.
-		 *
-		 * "git add -u" will behave like "git add -u :/" instead of
-		 * "git add -u ." in the future.  This warning prepares for
-		 * that change.
-		 */
-		if (implicit_dot &&
-		    strncmp_icase(path, implicit_dot, implicit_dot_len)) {
-			warn_pathless_add();
-			continue;
-		}
 		switch (fix_unmerged_status(p, data)) {
 		default:
 			die(_("unexpected diff status %c"), p->status);
@@ -151,10 +71,6 @@
 			}
 			break;
 		case DIFF_STATUS_DELETED:
-			if (data->warn_add_would_remove) {
-				warn_add_would_remove(path);
-				data->warn_add_would_remove = 0;
-			}
 			if (data->flags & ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_REMOVAL)
 				break;
 			if (!(data->flags & ADD_CACHE_PRETEND))
@@ -166,37 +82,28 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void update_files_in_cache(const char *prefix,
-				  const struct pathspec *pathspec,
-				  struct update_callback_data *data)
+int add_files_to_cache(const char *prefix,
+		       const struct pathspec *pathspec, int flags)
 {
+	struct update_callback_data data;
 	struct rev_info rev;
 
+	memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
+	data.flags = flags;
+
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, NULL);
 	if (pathspec)
 		copy_pathspec(&rev.prune_data, pathspec);
 	rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback = update_callback;
-	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = data;
+	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = &data;
 	rev.max_count = 0; /* do not compare unmerged paths with stage #2 */
 	run_diff_files(&rev, DIFF_RACY_IS_MODIFIED);
-}
-
-int add_files_to_cache(const char *prefix,
-		       const struct pathspec *pathspec, int flags)
-{
-	struct update_callback_data data;
-
-	memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
-	data.flags = flags;
-	update_files_in_cache(prefix, pathspec, &data);
 	return !!data.add_errors;
 }
 
-#define WARN_IMPLICIT_DOT (1u << 0)
-static char *prune_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, struct pathspec *pathspec,
-			     int prefix, unsigned flag)
+static char *prune_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, struct pathspec *pathspec, int prefix)
 {
 	char *seen;
 	int i;
@@ -208,19 +115,8 @@
 	i = dir->nr;
 	while (--i >= 0) {
 		struct dir_entry *entry = *src++;
-		if (match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, entry->name, entry->len,
-					 prefix, seen))
+		if (dir_path_match(entry, pathspec, prefix, seen))
 			*dst++ = entry;
-		else if (flag & WARN_IMPLICIT_DOT)
-			/*
-			 * "git add -A" was run from a subdirectory with a
-			 * new file outside that directory.
-			 *
-			 * "git add -A" will behave like "git add -A :/"
-			 * instead of "git add -A ." in the future.
-			 * Warn about the coming behavior change.
-			 */
-			warn_pathless_add();
 	}
 	dir->nr = dst - dir->entries;
 	add_pathspec_matches_against_index(pathspec, seen);
@@ -246,23 +142,21 @@
 int run_add_interactive(const char *revision, const char *patch_mode,
 			const struct pathspec *pathspec)
 {
-	int status, ac, i;
-	const char **args;
+	int status, i;
+	struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 
-	args = xcalloc(sizeof(const char *), (pathspec->nr + 6));
-	ac = 0;
-	args[ac++] = "add--interactive";
+	argv_array_push(&argv, "add--interactive");
 	if (patch_mode)
-		args[ac++] = patch_mode;
+		argv_array_push(&argv, patch_mode);
 	if (revision)
-		args[ac++] = revision;
-	args[ac++] = "--";
+		argv_array_push(&argv, revision);
+	argv_array_push(&argv, "--");
 	for (i = 0; i < pathspec->nr; i++)
 		/* pass original pathspec, to be re-parsed */
-		args[ac++] = pathspec->items[i].original;
+		argv_array_push(&argv, pathspec->items[i].original);
 
-	status = run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD);
-	free(args);
+	status = run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	argv_array_clear(&argv);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -339,7 +233,7 @@
 static int verbose, show_only, ignored_too, refresh_only;
 static int ignore_add_errors, intent_to_add, ignore_missing;
 
-#define ADDREMOVE_DEFAULT 0 /* Change to 1 in Git 2.0 */
+#define ADDREMOVE_DEFAULT 1
 static int addremove = ADDREMOVE_DEFAULT;
 static int addremove_explicit = -1; /* unspecified */
 
@@ -412,8 +306,6 @@
 	int add_new_files;
 	int require_pathspec;
 	char *seen = NULL;
-	int implicit_dot = 0;
-	struct update_callback_data update_data;
 
 	git_config(add_config, NULL);
 
@@ -437,36 +329,17 @@
 	if (addremove && take_worktree_changes)
 		die(_("-A and -u are mutually incompatible"));
 
-	/*
-	 * Warn when "git add pathspec..." was given without "-u" or "-A"
-	 * and pathspec... covers a removed path.
-	 */
-	memset(&update_data, 0, sizeof(update_data));
-	if (!take_worktree_changes && addremove_explicit < 0)
-		update_data.warn_add_would_remove = 1;
-
 	if (!take_worktree_changes && addremove_explicit < 0 && argc)
-		/*
-		 * Turn "git add pathspec..." to "git add -A pathspec..."
-		 * in Git 2.0 but not yet
-		 */
-		; /* addremove = 1; */
+		/* Turn "git add pathspec..." to "git add -A pathspec..." */
+		addremove = 1;
 
 	if (!show_only && ignore_missing)
 		die(_("Option --ignore-missing can only be used together with --dry-run"));
-	if (addremove) {
-		option_with_implicit_dot = "--all";
-		short_option_with_implicit_dot = "-A";
-	}
-	if (take_worktree_changes) {
-		option_with_implicit_dot = "--update";
-		short_option_with_implicit_dot = "-u";
-	}
-	if (option_with_implicit_dot && !argc) {
-		static const char *here[2] = { ".", NULL };
+
+	if ((0 < addremove_explicit || take_worktree_changes) && !argc) {
+		static const char *whole[2] = { ":/", NULL };
 		argc = 1;
-		argv = here;
-		implicit_dot = 1;
+		argv = whole;
 	}
 
 	add_new_files = !take_worktree_changes && !refresh_only;
@@ -479,8 +352,7 @@
 		 (intent_to_add ? ADD_CACHE_INTENT : 0) |
 		 (ignore_add_errors ? ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_ERRORS : 0) |
 		 (!(addremove || take_worktree_changes)
-		  ? ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_REMOVAL : 0)) |
-		 (implicit_dot ? ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT : 0);
+		  ? ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_REMOVAL : 0));
 
 	if (require_pathspec && argc == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Nothing specified, nothing added.\n"));
@@ -514,18 +386,15 @@
 
 		memset(&empty_pathspec, 0, sizeof(empty_pathspec));
 		/* This picks up the paths that are not tracked */
-		baselen = fill_directory(&dir, implicit_dot ? &empty_pathspec : &pathspec);
+		baselen = fill_directory(&dir, &pathspec);
 		if (pathspec.nr)
-			seen = prune_directory(&dir, &pathspec, baselen,
-					implicit_dot ? WARN_IMPLICIT_DOT : 0);
+			seen = prune_directory(&dir, &pathspec, baselen);
 	}
 
 	if (refresh_only) {
 		refresh(verbose, &pathspec);
 		goto finish;
 	}
-	if (implicit_dot && prefix)
-		refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 
 	if (pathspec.nr) {
 		int i;
@@ -540,11 +409,14 @@
 			       PATHSPEC_FROMTOP |
 			       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
 			       PATHSPEC_GLOB |
-			       PATHSPEC_ICASE);
+			       PATHSPEC_ICASE |
+			       PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < pathspec.nr; i++) {
 			const char *path = pathspec.items[i].match;
-			if (!seen[i] &&
+			if (pathspec.items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
+				continue;
+			if (!seen[i] && path[0] &&
 			    ((pathspec.items[i].magic &
 			      (PATHSPEC_GLOB | PATHSPEC_ICASE)) ||
 			     !file_exists(path))) {
@@ -562,21 +434,8 @@
 
 	plug_bulk_checkin();
 
-	if ((flags & ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT) && prefix) {
-		/*
-		 * Check for modified files throughout the worktree so
-		 * update_callback has a chance to warn about changes
-		 * outside the cwd.
-		 */
-		update_data.implicit_dot = prefix;
-		update_data.implicit_dot_len = strlen(prefix);
-		free_pathspec(&pathspec);
-		memset(&pathspec, 0, sizeof(pathspec));
-	}
-	update_data.flags = flags & ~ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT;
-	update_files_in_cache(prefix, &pathspec, &update_data);
+	exit_status |= add_files_to_cache(prefix, &pathspec, flags);
 
-	exit_status |= !!update_data.add_errors;
 	if (add_new_files)
 		exit_status |= add_files(&dir, flags);
 
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index ef32e4f..87439fa 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -1409,10 +1409,10 @@
 		case '\\':
 			continue;
 		case '@':
-			ret = size < 3 || prefixcmp(line, "@@ ");
+			ret = size < 3 || !starts_with(line, "@@ ");
 			break;
 		case 'd':
-			ret = size < 5 || prefixcmp(line, "diff ");
+			ret = size < 5 || !starts_with(line, "diff ");
 			break;
 		default:
 			ret = -1;
@@ -1798,11 +1798,11 @@
 
 	*status_p = 0;
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "delta ")) {
+	if (starts_with(buffer, "delta ")) {
 		patch_method = BINARY_DELTA_DEFLATED;
 		origlen = strtoul(buffer + 6, NULL, 10);
 	}
-	else if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "literal ")) {
+	else if (starts_with(buffer, "literal ")) {
 		patch_method = BINARY_LITERAL_DEFLATED;
 		origlen = strtoul(buffer + 8, NULL, 10);
 	}
@@ -1943,13 +1943,7 @@
 				       size - offset - hdrsize, patch);
 
 	if (!patchsize) {
-		static const char *binhdr[] = {
-			"Binary files ",
-			"Files ",
-			NULL,
-		};
 		static const char git_binary[] = "GIT binary patch\n";
-		int i;
 		int hd = hdrsize + offset;
 		unsigned long llen = linelen(buffer + hd, size - hd);
 
@@ -1965,6 +1959,12 @@
 				patchsize = 0;
 		}
 		else if (!memcmp(" differ\n", buffer + hd + llen - 8, 8)) {
+			static const char *binhdr[] = {
+				"Binary files ",
+				"Files ",
+				NULL,
+			};
+			int i;
 			for (i = 0; binhdr[i]; i++) {
 				int len = strlen(binhdr[i]);
 				if (len < size - hd &&
@@ -3627,12 +3627,12 @@
 	    hunk->oldpos == 1 && hunk->oldlines == 1 &&
 	    /* does preimage begin with the heading? */
 	    (preimage = memchr(hunk->patch, '\n', hunk->size)) != NULL &&
-	    !prefixcmp(++preimage, heading) &&
+	    starts_with(++preimage, heading) &&
 	    /* does it record full SHA-1? */
 	    !get_sha1_hex(preimage + sizeof(heading) - 1, sha1) &&
 	    preimage[sizeof(heading) + 40 - 1] == '\n' &&
 	    /* does the abbreviated name on the index line agree with it? */
-	    !prefixcmp(preimage + sizeof(heading) - 1, p->old_sha1_prefix))
+	    starts_with(preimage + sizeof(heading) - 1, p->old_sha1_prefix))
 		return 0; /* it all looks fine */
 
 	/* we may have full object name on the index line */
@@ -4061,7 +4061,7 @@
 		return error(_("cannot open %s: %s"), namebuf, strerror(errno));
 
 	/* Normal git tools never deal with .rej, so do not pretend
-	 * this is a git patch by saying --git nor give extended
+	 * this is a git patch by saying --git or giving extended
 	 * headers.  While at it, maybe please "kompare" that wants
 	 * the trailing TAB and some garbage at the end of line ;-).
 	 */
@@ -4152,7 +4152,7 @@
 	/* See if it matches any of exclude/include rule */
 	for (i = 0; i < limit_by_name.nr; i++) {
 		struct string_list_item *it = &limit_by_name.items[i];
-		if (!fnmatch(it->string, pathname, 0))
+		if (!wildmatch(it->string, pathname, 0, NULL))
 			return (it->util != NULL);
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/archive.c b/builtin/archive.c
index 49178f1..a1e3b94 100644
--- a/builtin/archive.c
+++ b/builtin/archive.c
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
 	if (!buf)
 		die(_("git archive: expected ACK/NAK, got EOF"));
 	if (strcmp(buf, "ACK")) {
-		if (!prefixcmp(buf, "NACK "))
+		if (starts_with(buf, "NACK "))
 			die(_("git archive: NACK %s"), buf + 5);
-		if (!prefixcmp(buf, "ERR "))
+		if (starts_with(buf, "ERR "))
 			die(_("remote error: %s"), buf + 4);
 		die(_("git archive: protocol error"));
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 6da7233..88cb799 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 #define BLAME_DEFAULT_MOVE_SCORE	20
 #define BLAME_DEFAULT_COPY_SCORE	40
 
-/* bits #0..7 in revision.h, #8..11 used for merge_bases() in commit.c */
+/* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
 #define METAINFO_SHOWN		(1u<<12)
 #define MORE_THAN_ONE_PATH	(1u<<13)
 
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
  * scoreboard structure, sorted by the target line number.
  */
 struct blame_entry {
-	struct blame_entry *prev;
 	struct blame_entry *next;
 
 	/* the first line of this group in the final image;
@@ -256,15 +255,6 @@
 	int *lineno;
 };
 
-static inline int same_suspect(struct origin *a, struct origin *b)
-{
-	if (a == b)
-		return 1;
-	if (a->commit != b->commit)
-		return 0;
-	return !strcmp(a->path, b->path);
-}
-
 static void sanity_check_refcnt(struct scoreboard *);
 
 /*
@@ -277,13 +267,11 @@
 	struct blame_entry *ent, *next;
 
 	for (ent = sb->ent; ent && (next = ent->next); ent = next) {
-		if (same_suspect(ent->suspect, next->suspect) &&
+		if (ent->suspect == next->suspect &&
 		    ent->guilty == next->guilty &&
 		    ent->s_lno + ent->num_lines == next->s_lno) {
 			ent->num_lines += next->num_lines;
 			ent->next = next->next;
-			if (ent->next)
-				ent->next->prev = ent;
 			origin_decref(next->suspect);
 			free(next);
 			ent->score = 0;
@@ -409,7 +397,9 @@
 	paths[0] = origin->path;
 	paths[1] = NULL;
 
-	parse_pathspec(&diff_opts.pathspec, PATHSPEC_ALL_MAGIC, 0, "", paths);
+	parse_pathspec(&diff_opts.pathspec,
+		       PATHSPEC_ALL_MAGIC & ~PATHSPEC_LITERAL,
+		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH, "", paths);
 	diff_setup_done(&diff_opts);
 
 	if (is_null_sha1(origin->commit->object.sha1))
@@ -532,7 +522,7 @@
 		prev = ent;
 
 	/* prev, if not NULL, is the last one that is below e */
-	e->prev = prev;
+
 	if (prev) {
 		e->next = prev->next;
 		prev->next = e;
@@ -541,8 +531,6 @@
 		e->next = sb->ent;
 		sb->ent = e;
 	}
-	if (e->next)
-		e->next->prev = e;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -553,14 +541,12 @@
  */
 static void dup_entry(struct blame_entry *dst, struct blame_entry *src)
 {
-	struct blame_entry *p, *n;
+	struct blame_entry *n;
 
-	p = dst->prev;
 	n = dst->next;
 	origin_incref(src->suspect);
 	origin_decref(dst->suspect);
 	memcpy(dst, src, sizeof(*src));
-	dst->prev = p;
 	dst->next = n;
 	dst->score = 0;
 }
@@ -740,7 +726,7 @@
 	int last_in_target = -1;
 
 	for (e = sb->ent; e; e = e->next) {
-		if (e->guilty || !same_suspect(e->suspect, target))
+		if (e->guilty || e->suspect != target)
 			continue;
 		if (last_in_target < e->s_lno + e->num_lines)
 			last_in_target = e->s_lno + e->num_lines;
@@ -760,7 +746,7 @@
 	struct blame_entry *e;
 
 	for (e = sb->ent; e; e = e->next) {
-		if (e->guilty || !same_suspect(e->suspect, target))
+		if (e->guilty || e->suspect != target)
 			continue;
 		if (same <= e->s_lno)
 			continue;
@@ -937,7 +923,6 @@
 			      mmfile_t *file_p)
 {
 	const char *cp;
-	int cnt;
 	mmfile_t file_o;
 	struct handle_split_cb_data d;
 
@@ -948,13 +933,7 @@
 	 */
 	cp = nth_line(sb, ent->lno);
 	file_o.ptr = (char *) cp;
-	cnt = ent->num_lines;
-
-	while (cnt && cp < sb->final_buf + sb->final_buf_size) {
-		if (*cp++ == '\n')
-			cnt--;
-	}
-	file_o.size = cp - file_o.ptr;
+	file_o.size = nth_line(sb, ent->lno + ent->num_lines) - cp;
 
 	/*
 	 * file_o is a part of final image we are annotating.
@@ -990,7 +969,7 @@
 	while (made_progress) {
 		made_progress = 0;
 		for (e = sb->ent; e; e = e->next) {
-			if (e->guilty || !same_suspect(e->suspect, target) ||
+			if (e->guilty || e->suspect != target ||
 			    ent_score(sb, e) < blame_move_score)
 				continue;
 			find_copy_in_blob(sb, e, parent, split, &file_p);
@@ -1025,14 +1004,14 @@
 
 	for (e = sb->ent, num_ents = 0; e; e = e->next)
 		if (!e->scanned && !e->guilty &&
-		    same_suspect(e->suspect, target) &&
+		    e->suspect == target &&
 		    min_score < ent_score(sb, e))
 			num_ents++;
 	if (num_ents) {
 		blame_list = xcalloc(num_ents, sizeof(struct blame_list));
 		for (e = sb->ent, i = 0; e; e = e->next)
 			if (!e->scanned && !e->guilty &&
-			    same_suspect(e->suspect, target) &&
+			    e->suspect == target &&
 			    min_score < ent_score(sb, e))
 				blame_list[i++].ent = e;
 	}
@@ -1176,7 +1155,7 @@
 		origin->file.ptr = NULL;
 	}
 	for (e = sb->ent; e; e = e->next) {
-		if (!same_suspect(e->suspect, origin))
+		if (e->suspect != origin)
 			continue;
 		origin_incref(porigin);
 		origin_decref(e->suspect);
@@ -1549,8 +1528,7 @@
 		 */
 		origin_incref(suspect);
 		commit = suspect->commit;
-		if (!commit->object.parsed)
-			parse_commit(commit);
+		parse_commit(commit);
 		if (reverse ||
 		    (!(commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING) &&
 		     !(revs->max_age != -1 && commit->date < revs->max_age)))
@@ -1566,7 +1544,7 @@
 
 		/* Take responsibility for the remaining entries */
 		for (ent = sb->ent; ent; ent = ent->next)
-			if (same_suspect(ent->suspect, suspect))
+			if (ent->suspect == suspect)
 				found_guilty_entry(ent);
 		origin_decref(suspect);
 
@@ -1579,14 +1557,14 @@
 			       int show_raw_time)
 {
 	static char time_buf[128];
-	const char *time_str;
-	int time_len;
-	int tz;
 
 	if (show_raw_time) {
 		snprintf(time_buf, sizeof(time_buf), "%lu %s", time, tz_str);
 	}
 	else {
+		const char *time_str;
+		int time_len;
+		int tz;
 		tz = atoi(tz_str);
 		time_str = show_date(time, tz, blame_date_mode);
 		time_len = strlen(time_str);
@@ -1771,25 +1749,41 @@
 {
 	const char *buf = sb->final_buf;
 	unsigned long len = sb->final_buf_size;
-	int num = 0, incomplete = 0, bol = 1;
+	const char *end = buf + len;
+	const char *p;
+	int *lineno;
+	int num = 0, incomplete = 0;
 
-	if (len && buf[len-1] != '\n')
-		incomplete++; /* incomplete line at the end */
-	while (len--) {
-		if (bol) {
-			sb->lineno = xrealloc(sb->lineno,
-					      sizeof(int *) * (num + 1));
-			sb->lineno[num] = buf - sb->final_buf;
-			bol = 0;
-		}
-		if (*buf++ == '\n') {
+	for (p = buf;;) {
+		p = memchr(p, '\n', end - p);
+		if (p) {
+			p++;
 			num++;
-			bol = 1;
+			continue;
 		}
+		break;
 	}
-	sb->lineno = xrealloc(sb->lineno,
-			      sizeof(int *) * (num + incomplete + 1));
-	sb->lineno[num + incomplete] = buf - sb->final_buf;
+
+	if (len && end[-1] != '\n')
+		incomplete++; /* incomplete line at the end */
+
+	sb->lineno = xmalloc(sizeof(*sb->lineno) * (num + incomplete + 1));
+	lineno = sb->lineno;
+
+	*lineno++ = 0;
+	for (p = buf;;) {
+		p = memchr(p, '\n', end - p);
+		if (p) {
+			p++;
+			*lineno++ = p - buf;
+			continue;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (incomplete)
+		*lineno++ = len;
+
 	sb->num_lines = num + incomplete;
 	return sb->num_lines;
 }
@@ -1802,17 +1796,17 @@
 static int read_ancestry(const char *graft_file)
 {
 	FILE *fp = fopen(graft_file, "r");
-	char buf[1024];
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	if (!fp)
 		return -1;
-	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+	while (!strbuf_getwholeline(&buf, fp, '\n')) {
 		/* The format is just "Commit Parent1 Parent2 ...\n" */
-		int len = strlen(buf);
-		struct commit_graft *graft = read_graft_line(buf, len);
+		struct commit_graft *graft = read_graft_line(buf.buf, buf.len);
 		if (graft)
 			register_commit_graft(graft, 0);
 	}
 	fclose(fp);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2501,8 +2495,6 @@
 		ent->suspect = o;
 		ent->s_lno = bottom;
 		ent->next = next;
-		if (next)
-			next->prev = ent;
 		origin_incref(o);
 	}
 	origin_decref(o);
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index ad0f86d..652b1d2 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@
 
 static int git_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "column."))
+	if (starts_with(var, "column."))
 		return git_column_config(var, value, "branch", &colopts);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "color.branch")) {
 		branch_use_color = git_config_colorbool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "color.branch.")) {
+	if (starts_with(var, "color.branch.")) {
 		int slot = parse_branch_color_slot(var, 13);
 		if (slot < 0)
 			return 0;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 	if (!*pattern)
 		return 1; /* no pattern always matches */
 	while (*pattern) {
-		if (!fnmatch(*pattern, refname, 0))
+		if (!wildmatch(*pattern, refname, 0, NULL))
 			return 1;
 		pattern++;
 	}
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@
 	struct branch *branch = branch_get(branch_name);
 	struct strbuf fancy = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int upstream_is_gone = 0;
+	int added_decoration = 1;
 
 	switch (stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs)) {
 	case 0:
@@ -451,9 +452,13 @@
 	if (upstream_is_gone) {
 		if (show_upstream_ref)
 			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: gone]"), fancy.buf);
+		else
+			added_decoration = 0;
 	} else if (!ours && !theirs) {
 		if (show_upstream_ref)
 			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s]"), fancy.buf);
+		else
+			added_decoration = 0;
 	} else if (!ours) {
 		if (show_upstream_ref)
 			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: behind %d]"), fancy.buf, theirs);
@@ -474,7 +479,8 @@
 				    ours, theirs);
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&fancy);
-	strbuf_addch(stat, ' ');
+	if (added_decoration)
+		strbuf_addch(stat, ' ');
 	free(ref);
 }
 
@@ -496,7 +502,7 @@
 	const char *sub = _(" **** invalid ref ****");
 	struct commit *commit = item->commit;
 
-	if (commit && !parse_commit(commit)) {
+	if (!parse_commit(commit)) {
 		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &subject);
 		sub = subject.buf;
 	}
@@ -862,7 +868,7 @@
 	if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD")) {
 		detached = 1;
 	} else {
-		if (prefixcmp(head, "refs/heads/"))
+		if (!starts_with(head, "refs/heads/"))
 			die(_("HEAD not found below refs/heads!"));
 		head += 11;
 	}
@@ -975,9 +981,8 @@
 			die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
 		}
 
-		if (!branch_has_merge_config(branch)) {
+		if (!branch_has_merge_config(branch))
 			die(_("Branch '%s' has no upstream information"), branch->name);
-		}
 
 		strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.remote", branch->name);
 		git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index b2ca775..7073304 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 	unsigned long size;
 	unsigned long disk_size;
 	const char *rest;
+	unsigned char delta_base_sha1[20];
 
 	/*
 	 * If mark_query is true, we do not expand anything, but rather
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@
 			data->split_on_whitespace = 1;
 		else if (data->rest)
 			strbuf_addstr(sb, data->rest);
+	} else if (is_atom("deltabase", atom, len)) {
+		if (data->mark_query)
+			data->info.delta_base_sha1 = data->delta_base_sha1;
+		else
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, sha1_to_hex(data->delta_base_sha1));
 	} else
 		die("unknown format element: %.*s", len, atom);
 }
@@ -193,25 +199,28 @@
 	return end - start + 1;
 }
 
-static void print_object_or_die(int fd, const unsigned char *sha1,
-				enum object_type type, unsigned long size)
+static void print_object_or_die(int fd, struct expand_data *data)
 {
-	if (type == OBJ_BLOB) {
+	const unsigned char *sha1 = data->sha1;
+
+	assert(data->info.typep);
+
+	if (data->type == OBJ_BLOB) {
 		if (stream_blob_to_fd(fd, sha1, NULL, 0) < 0)
 			die("unable to stream %s to stdout", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	}
 	else {
-		enum object_type rtype;
-		unsigned long rsize;
+		enum object_type type;
+		unsigned long size;
 		void *contents;
 
-		contents = read_sha1_file(sha1, &rtype, &rsize);
+		contents = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
 		if (!contents)
 			die("object %s disappeared", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-		if (rtype != type)
+		if (type != data->type)
 			die("object %s changed type!?", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-		if (rsize != size)
-			die("object %s change size!?", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+		if (data->info.sizep && size != data->size)
+			die("object %s changed size!?", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 
 		write_or_die(fd, contents, size);
 		free(contents);
@@ -238,7 +247,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (sha1_object_info_extended(data->sha1, &data->info) < 0) {
+	if (sha1_object_info_extended(data->sha1, &data->info, LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT) < 0) {
 		printf("%s missing\n", obj_name);
 		fflush(stdout);
 		return 0;
@@ -250,7 +259,7 @@
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 	if (opt->print_contents) {
-		print_object_or_die(1, data->sha1, data->type, data->size);
+		print_object_or_die(1, data);
 		write_or_die(1, "\n", 1);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -260,6 +269,8 @@
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct expand_data data;
+	int save_warning;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	if (!opt->format)
 		opt->format = "%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)";
@@ -275,17 +286,23 @@
 	data.mark_query = 0;
 
 	/*
+	 * If we are printing out the object, then always fill in the type,
+	 * since we will want to decide whether or not to stream.
+	 */
+	if (opt->print_contents)
+		data.info.typep = &data.type;
+
+	/*
 	 * We are going to call get_sha1 on a potentially very large number of
 	 * objects. In most large cases, these will be actual object sha1s. The
 	 * cost to double-check that each one is not also a ref (just so we can
 	 * warn) ends up dwarfing the actual cost of the object lookups
 	 * themselves. We can work around it by just turning off the warning.
 	 */
+	save_warning = warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
 	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = 0;
 
 	while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, '\n') != EOF) {
-		int error;
-
 		if (data.split_on_whitespace) {
 			/*
 			 * Split at first whitespace, tying off the beginning
@@ -300,12 +317,14 @@
 			data.rest = p;
 		}
 
-		error = batch_one_object(buf.buf, opt, &data);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
+		retval = batch_one_object(buf.buf, opt, &data);
+		if (retval)
+			break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = save_warning;
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index e9af7b2..5600ec3 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
 	struct git_attr_check *check;
 	int cnt, i, doubledash, filei;
 
+	if (!is_bare_repository())
+		setup_work_tree();
+
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, check_attr_options,
diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index 69e167b..61e75eb 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 static int line_termination = '\n';
 static int checkout_stage; /* default to checkout stage0 */
 static int to_tempfile;
-static char topath[4][PATH_MAX + 1];
+static char topath[4][TEMPORARY_FILENAME_LENGTH + 1];
 
 static struct checkout state;
 
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 0f57397..07cf555 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 static int post_checkout_hook(struct commit *old, struct commit *new,
 			      int changed)
 {
-	return run_hook(NULL, "post-checkout",
-			sha1_to_hex(old ? old->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
-			sha1_to_hex(new ? new->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
-			changed ? "1" : "0", NULL);
+	return run_hook_le(NULL, "post-checkout",
+			   sha1_to_hex(old ? old->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
+			   sha1_to_hex(new ? new->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
+			   changed ? "1" : "0", NULL);
 	/* "new" can be NULL when checking out from the index before
 	   a commit exists. */
 
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@
 		 * match_pathspec() for _all_ entries when
 		 * opts->source_tree != NULL.
 		 */
-		if (match_pathspec_depth(&opts->pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce),
-				   0, ps_matched))
+		if (ce_path_match(ce, &opts->pathspec, ps_matched))
 			ce->ce_flags |= CE_MATCHED;
 	}
 
@@ -380,8 +379,8 @@
 static void describe_detached_head(const char *msg, struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-	parse_commit(commit);
-	pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb);
+	if (!parse_commit(commit))
+		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb);
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s %s... %s\n", msg,
 		find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV), sb.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
@@ -677,12 +676,12 @@
 
 static void describe_one_orphan(struct strbuf *sb, struct commit *commit)
 {
-	parse_commit(commit);
 	strbuf_addstr(sb, "  ");
 	strbuf_addstr(sb,
 		find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 	strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
-	pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb);
+	if (!parse_commit(commit))
+		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb);
 	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 }
 
@@ -781,7 +780,7 @@
 	if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
 		old.path = NULL;
 
-	if (old.path && !prefixcmp(old.path, "refs/heads/"))
+	if (old.path && starts_with(old.path, "refs/heads/"))
 		old.name = old.path + strlen("refs/heads/");
 
 	if (!new->name) {
@@ -789,7 +788,7 @@
 		new->commit = old.commit;
 		if (!new->commit)
 			die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
-		parse_commit(new->commit);
+		parse_commit_or_die(new->commit);
 	}
 
 	ret = merge_working_tree(opts, &old, new, &writeout_error);
@@ -816,7 +815,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "submodule."))
+	if (starts_with(var, "submodule."))
 		return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);
 
 	return git_xmerge_config(var, value, NULL);
@@ -873,7 +872,9 @@
 	int argcount = 0;
 	unsigned char branch_rev[20];
 	const char *arg;
-	int has_dash_dash;
+	int dash_dash_pos;
+	int has_dash_dash = 0;
+	int i;
 
 	/*
 	 * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
@@ -885,20 +886,30 @@
 	 *
 	 *   everything after the '--' must be paths.
 	 *
-	 * case 3: git checkout <something> [<paths>]
+	 * case 3: git checkout <something> [--]
 	 *
-	 *   With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to
-	 *   switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it.  As a special case,
-	 *   if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
-	 *   omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
-	 *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
+	 *   (a) If <something> is a commit, that is to
+	 *       switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it.  As a special case,
+	 *       if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
+	 *       omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
+	 *       between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
 	 *
-	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
-	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
-	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
+	 *   (b) If <something> is _not_ a commit, either "--" is present
+	 *       or <something> is not a path, no -t or -b was given, and
+	 *       and there is a tracking branch whose name is <something>
+	 *       in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand to
+	 *       fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
-	 *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
+	 *   (c) Otherwise, if "--" is present, treat it like case (1).
+	 *
+	 *   (d) Otherwise :
+	 *       - if it's a reference, treat it like case (1)
+	 *       - else if it's a path, treat it like case (2)
+	 *       - else: fail.
+	 *
+	 * case 4: git checkout <something> <paths>
+	 *
+	 *   The first argument must not be ambiguous.
 	 *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
 	 *   - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
 	 *   - else: fail.
@@ -907,28 +918,59 @@
 	if (!argc)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--"))	/* case (2) */
-		return 1;
-
 	arg = argv[0];
-	has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
+	dash_dash_pos = -1;
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
+			dash_dash_pos = i;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (dash_dash_pos == 0)
+		return 1; /* case (2) */
+	else if (dash_dash_pos == 1)
+		has_dash_dash = 1; /* case (3) or (1) */
+	else if (dash_dash_pos >= 2)
+		die(_("only one reference expected, %d given."), dash_dash_pos);
 
 	if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
 		arg = "@{-1}";
 
 	if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
-		if (has_dash_dash)          /* case (1) */
-			die(_("invalid reference: %s"), arg);
-		if (dwim_new_local_branch_ok &&
-		    !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
-		    argc == 1) {
+		/*
+		 * Either case (3) or (4), with <something> not being
+		 * a commit, or an attempt to use case (1) with an
+		 * invalid ref.
+		 *
+		 * It's likely an error, but we need to find out if
+		 * we should auto-create the branch, case (3).(b).
+		 */
+		int recover_with_dwim = dwim_new_local_branch_ok;
+
+		if (check_filename(NULL, arg) && !has_dash_dash)
+			recover_with_dwim = 0;
+		/*
+		 * Accept "git checkout foo" and "git checkout foo --"
+		 * as candidates for dwim.
+		 */
+		if (!(argc == 1 && !has_dash_dash) &&
+		    !(argc == 2 && has_dash_dash))
+			recover_with_dwim = 0;
+
+		if (recover_with_dwim) {
 			const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg, rev);
-			if (!remote)
-				return argcount;
-			*new_branch = arg;
-			arg = remote;
-			/* DWIMmed to create local branch */
-		} else {
+			if (remote) {
+				*new_branch = arg;
+				arg = remote;
+				/* DWIMmed to create local branch, case (3).(b) */
+			} else {
+				recover_with_dwim = 0;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!recover_with_dwim) {
+			if (has_dash_dash)
+				die(_("invalid reference: %s"), arg);
 			return argcount;
 		}
 	}
@@ -952,13 +994,13 @@
 		/* not a commit */
 		*source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
 	} else {
-		parse_commit(new->commit);
+		parse_commit_or_die(new->commit);
 		*source_tree = new->commit->tree;
 	}
 
 	if (!*source_tree)                   /* case (1): want a tree */
 		die(_("reference is not a tree: %s"), arg);
-	if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
+	if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3).(d) -> (1) */
 		/*
 		 * Do not complain the most common case
 		 *	git checkout branch
@@ -1053,7 +1095,7 @@
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &opts.force_detach, N_("detach the HEAD at named commit")),
 		OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &opts.track, N_("set upstream info for new branch"),
 			BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, N_("new branch"), N_("new unparented branch")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, N_("new-branch"), N_("new unparented branch")),
 		OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, N_("checkout our version for unmerged files"),
 			    2),
 		OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, N_("checkout their version for unmerged files"),
@@ -1108,9 +1150,9 @@
 		const char *argv0 = argv[0];
 		if (!argc || !strcmp(argv0, "--"))
 			die (_("--track needs a branch name"));
-		if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "refs/"))
+		if (starts_with(argv0, "refs/"))
 			argv0 += 5;
-		if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "remotes/"))
+		if (starts_with(argv0, "remotes/"))
 			argv0 += 8;
 		argv0 = strchr(argv0, '/');
 		if (!argv0 || !argv0[1])
diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 615cd57..9a91515 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 static int git_clean_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "column."))
+	if (starts_with(var, "column."))
 		return git_column_config(var, value, "clean", &colopts);
 
 	/* honors the color.interactive* config variables which also
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 		clean_use_color = git_config_colorbool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "color.interactive.")) {
+	if (starts_with(var, "color.interactive.")) {
 		int slot = parse_clean_color_slot(var +
 						  strlen("color.interactive."));
 		if (slot < 0)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct strbuf quoted = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct dirent *e;
-	int res = 0, ret = 0, gone = 1, original_len = path->len, len, i;
+	int res = 0, ret = 0, gone = 1, original_len = path->len, len;
 	unsigned char submodule_head[20];
 	struct string_list dels = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!*dir_gone && !quiet) {
+		int i;
 		for (i = 0; i < dels.nr; i++)
 			printf(dry_run ?  _(msg_would_remove) : _(msg_remove), dels.items[i].string);
 	}
@@ -903,11 +904,11 @@
 
 	if (!interactive && !dry_run && !force) {
 		if (config_set)
-			die(_("clean.requireForce set to true and neither -i, -n nor -f given; "
+			die(_("clean.requireForce set to true and neither -i, -n, nor -f given; "
 				  "refusing to clean"));
 		else
-			die(_("clean.requireForce defaults to true and neither -i, -n nor -f given; "
-				  "refusing to clean"));
+			die(_("clean.requireForce defaults to true and neither -i, -n, nor -f given;"
+				  " refusing to clean"));
 	}
 
 	if (force > 1)
@@ -933,48 +934,28 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) {
 		struct dir_entry *ent = dir.entries[i];
-		int len, pos;
 		int matches = 0;
-		const struct cache_entry *ce;
 		struct stat st;
 		const char *rel;
 
-		/*
-		 * Remove the '/' at the end that directory
-		 * walking adds for directory entries.
-		 */
-		len = ent->len;
-		if (len && ent->name[len-1] == '/')
-			len--;
-		pos = cache_name_pos(ent->name, len);
-		if (0 <= pos)
-			continue;	/* exact match */
-		pos = -pos - 1;
-		if (pos < active_nr) {
-			ce = active_cache[pos];
-			if (ce_namelen(ce) == len &&
-			    !memcmp(ce->name, ent->name, len))
-				continue; /* Yup, this one exists unmerged */
-		}
+		if (!cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len))
+			continue;
 
 		if (lstat(ent->name, &st))
 			die_errno("Cannot lstat '%s'", ent->name);
 
 		if (pathspec.nr)
-			matches = match_pathspec_depth(&pathspec, ent->name,
-						       len, 0, NULL);
+			matches = dir_path_match(ent, &pathspec, 0, NULL);
 
-		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-			if (remove_directories || (matches == MATCHED_EXACTLY)) {
-				rel = relative_path(ent->name, prefix, &buf);
-				string_list_append(&del_list, rel);
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (pathspec.nr && !matches)
-				continue;
-			rel = relative_path(ent->name, prefix, &buf);
-			string_list_append(&del_list, rel);
-		}
+		if (pathspec.nr && !matches)
+			continue;
+
+		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && !remove_directories &&
+		    matches != MATCHED_EXACTLY)
+			continue;
+
+		rel = relative_path(ent->name, prefix, &buf);
+		string_list_append(&del_list, rel);
 	}
 
 	if (interactive && del_list.nr > 0)
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 874e0fd..9b3c04d 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@
 		die(_("reference repository '%s' is not a local repository."),
 		    item->string);
 
+	if (!access(mkpath("%s/shallow", ref_git), F_OK))
+		die(_("reference repository '%s' is shallow"), item->string);
+
+	if (!access(mkpath("%s/info/grafts", ref_git), F_OK))
+		die(_("reference repository '%s' is grafted"), item->string);
+
 	strbuf_addf(&alternate, "%s/objects", ref_git);
 	add_to_alternates_file(alternate.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&alternate);
@@ -508,9 +514,9 @@
 {
 	const struct ref *ref;
 	for (ref = refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
-		if (prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/"))
+		if (!starts_with(ref->name, "refs/tags/"))
 			continue;
-		if (!suffixcmp(ref->name, "^{}"))
+		if (ends_with(ref->name, "^{}"))
 			continue;
 		if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1))
 			continue;
@@ -578,7 +584,7 @@
 static void update_head(const struct ref *our, const struct ref *remote,
 			const char *msg)
 {
-	if (our && !prefixcmp(our->name, "refs/heads/")) {
+	if (our && starts_with(our->name, "refs/heads/")) {
 		/* Local default branch link */
 		create_symref("HEAD", our->name, NULL);
 		if (!option_bare) {
@@ -625,7 +631,7 @@
 		if (advice_detached_head)
 			detach_advice(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	} else {
-		if (prefixcmp(head, "refs/heads/"))
+		if (!starts_with(head, "refs/heads/"))
 			die(_("HEAD not found below refs/heads!"));
 	}
 	free(head);
@@ -654,8 +660,8 @@
 	    commit_locked_index(lock_file))
 		die(_("unable to write new index file"));
 
-	err |= run_hook(NULL, "post-checkout", sha1_to_hex(null_sha1),
-			sha1_to_hex(sha1), "1", NULL);
+	err |= run_hook_le(NULL, "post-checkout", sha1_to_hex(null_sha1),
+			   sha1_to_hex(sha1), "1", NULL);
 
 	if (!err && option_recursive)
 		err = run_command_v_opt(argv_submodule, RUN_GIT_CMD);
@@ -791,11 +797,22 @@
 	else
 		repo = repo_name;
 	is_local = option_local != 0 && path && !is_bundle;
-	if (is_local && option_depth)
-		warning(_("--depth is ignored in local clones; use file:// instead."));
+	if (is_local) {
+		if (option_depth)
+			warning(_("--depth is ignored in local clones; use file:// instead."));
+		if (!access(mkpath("%s/shallow", path), F_OK)) {
+			if (option_local > 0)
+				warning(_("source repository is shallow, ignoring --local"));
+			is_local = 0;
+		}
+	}
 	if (option_local > 0 && !is_local)
 		warning(_("--local is ignored"));
 
+	/* no need to be strict, transport_set_option() will validate it again */
+	if (option_depth && atoi(option_depth) < 1)
+		die(_("depth %s is not a positive number"), option_depth);
+
 	if (argc == 2)
 		dir = xstrdup(argv[1]);
 	else
@@ -883,6 +900,7 @@
 
 	remote = remote_get(option_origin);
 	transport = transport_get(remote, remote->url[0]);
+	transport->cloning = 1;
 
 	if (!transport->get_refs_list || (!is_local && !transport->fetch))
 		die(_("Don't know how to clone %s"), transport->url);
diff --git a/builtin/column.c b/builtin/column.c
index e125a55..7581852 100644
--- a/builtin/column.c
+++ b/builtin/column.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	};
 
 	/* This one is special and must be the first one */
-	if (argc > 1 && !prefixcmp(argv[1], "--command=")) {
+	if (argc > 1 && starts_with(argv[1], "--command=")) {
 		command = argv[1] + 10;
 		git_config(column_config, (void *)command);
 	} else
diff --git a/builtin/commit-tree.c b/builtin/commit-tree.c
index f641ff2..987a4c3 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-tree.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 static const char commit_tree_usage[] = "git commit-tree [(-p <sha1>)...] [-S[<keyid>]] [-m <message>] [-F <file>] <sha1> <changelog";
 
+static const char *sign_commit;
+
 static void new_parent(struct commit *parent, struct commit_list **parents_p)
 {
 	unsigned char *sha1 = parent->object.sha1;
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@
 	int status = git_gpg_config(var, value, NULL);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
+	if (!strcmp(var, "commit.gpgsign")) {
+		sign_commit = git_config_bool(var, value) ? "" : NULL;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +47,6 @@
 	unsigned char tree_sha1[20];
 	unsigned char commit_sha1[20];
 	struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const char *sign_commit = NULL;
 
 	git_config(commit_tree_config, NULL);
 
@@ -66,6 +71,11 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-gpg-sign")) {
+			sign_commit = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-m")) {
 			if (argc <= ++i)
 				usage(commit_tree_usage);
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 6ab4605..9cfef6c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 static enum {
 	CLEANUP_SPACE,
 	CLEANUP_NONE,
+	CLEANUP_SCISSORS,
 	CLEANUP_ALL
 } cleanup_mode;
 static const char *cleanup_arg;
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@
 
 		if (ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE)
 			continue;
-		if (!match_pathspec_depth(pattern, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, m))
+		if (!ce_path_match(ce, pattern, m))
 			continue;
 		item = string_list_insert(list, ce->name);
 		if (ce_skip_worktree(ce))
@@ -307,7 +308,6 @@
 	int fd;
 	struct string_list partial;
 	struct pathspec pathspec;
-	char *old_index_env = NULL;
 	int refresh_flags = REFRESH_QUIET;
 
 	if (is_status)
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
 		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 
 	if (interactive) {
+		char *old_index_env = NULL;
 		fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
 
 		refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
@@ -600,19 +601,17 @@
 {
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	struct strbuf committer_ident = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int commitable, saved_color_setting;
+	int commitable;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-	char *buffer;
 	const char *hook_arg1 = NULL;
 	const char *hook_arg2 = NULL;
-	int ident_shown = 0;
 	int clean_message_contents = (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE);
 	int old_display_comment_prefix;
 
 	/* This checks and barfs if author is badly specified */
 	determine_author_info(author_ident);
 
-	if (!no_verify && run_hook(index_file, "pre-commit", NULL))
+	if (!no_verify && run_commit_hook(use_editor, index_file, "pre-commit", NULL))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (squash_message) {
@@ -649,6 +648,7 @@
 				  logfile);
 		hook_arg1 = "message";
 	} else if (use_message) {
+		char *buffer;
 		buffer = strstr(use_message_buffer, "\n\n");
 		if (!use_editor && (!buffer || buffer[2] == '\0'))
 			die(_("commit has empty message"));
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
 				eol = nl - sb.buf;
 			else
 				eol = sb.len;
-			if (!prefixcmp(sb.buf + previous, "\nConflicts:\n")) {
+			if (starts_with(sb.buf + previous, "\nConflicts:\n")) {
 				ignore_footer = sb.len - previous;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -753,8 +753,12 @@
 	/* This checks if committer ident is explicitly given */
 	strbuf_addstr(&committer_ident, git_committer_info(IDENT_STRICT));
 	if (use_editor && include_status) {
+		int ident_shown = 0;
+		int saved_color_setting;
 		char *ai_tmp, *ci_tmp;
-		if (whence != FROM_COMMIT)
+		if (whence != FROM_COMMIT) {
+			if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_SCISSORS)
+				wt_status_add_cut_line(s->fp);
 			status_printf_ln(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
 			    whence == FROM_MERGE
 				? _("\n"
@@ -770,6 +774,7 @@
 				git_path(whence == FROM_MERGE
 					 ? "MERGE_HEAD"
 					 : "CHERRY_PICK_HEAD"));
+		}
 
 		fprintf(s->fp, "\n");
 		if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_ALL)
@@ -777,6 +782,8 @@
 				_("Please enter the commit message for your changes."
 				  " Lines starting\nwith '%c' will be ignored, and an empty"
 				  " message aborts the commit.\n"), comment_line_char);
+		else if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_SCISSORS && whence == FROM_COMMIT)
+			wt_status_add_cut_line(s->fp);
 		else /* CLEANUP_SPACE, that is. */
 			status_printf(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
 				_("Please enter the commit message for your changes."
@@ -866,8 +873,8 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (run_hook(index_file, "prepare-commit-msg",
-		     git_path(commit_editmsg), hook_arg1, hook_arg2, NULL))
+	if (run_commit_hook(use_editor, index_file, "prepare-commit-msg",
+			    git_path(commit_editmsg), hook_arg1, hook_arg2, NULL))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (use_editor) {
@@ -883,7 +890,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!no_verify &&
-	    run_hook(index_file, "commit-msg", git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL)) {
+	    run_commit_hook(use_editor, index_file, "commit-msg", git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL)) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -904,7 +911,7 @@
 			eol = sb->len;
 
 		if (strlen(sign_off_header) <= eol - i &&
-		    !prefixcmp(sb->buf + i, sign_off_header)) {
+		    starts_with(sb->buf + i, sign_off_header)) {
 			i = eol;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -1067,8 +1074,6 @@
 		use_editor = 0;
 	if (0 <= edit_flag)
 		use_editor = edit_flag;
-	if (!use_editor)
-		setenv("GIT_EDITOR", ":", 1);
 
 	/* Sanity check options */
 	if (amend && !current_head)
@@ -1123,7 +1128,7 @@
 	if (argc == 0 && only && amend)
 		only_include_assumed = _("Clever... amending the last one with dirty index.");
 	if (argc > 0 && !also && !only)
-		only_include_assumed = _("Explicit paths specified without -i nor -o; assuming --only paths...");
+		only_include_assumed = _("Explicit paths specified without -i or -o; assuming --only paths...");
 	if (!cleanup_arg || !strcmp(cleanup_arg, "default"))
 		cleanup_mode = use_editor ? CLEANUP_ALL : CLEANUP_SPACE;
 	else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "verbatim"))
@@ -1132,6 +1137,8 @@
 		cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_SPACE;
 	else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "strip"))
 		cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_ALL;
+	else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "scissors"))
+		cleanup_mode = use_editor ? CLEANUP_SCISSORS : CLEANUP_SPACE;
 	else
 		die(_("Invalid cleanup mode %s"), cleanup_arg);
 
@@ -1183,7 +1190,7 @@
 {
 	struct wt_status *s = cb;
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(k, "column."))
+	if (starts_with(k, "column."))
 		return git_column_config(k, v, "status", &s->colopts);
 	if (!strcmp(k, "status.submodulesummary")) {
 		int is_bool;
@@ -1211,7 +1218,7 @@
 		s->display_comment_prefix = git_config_bool(k, v);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!prefixcmp(k, "status.color.") || !prefixcmp(k, "color.status.")) {
+	if (starts_with(k, "status.color.") || starts_with(k, "color.status.")) {
 		int slot = parse_status_slot(k, 13);
 		if (slot < 0)
 			return 0;
@@ -1338,7 +1345,7 @@
 	commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
 	if (!commit)
 		die(_("couldn't look up newly created commit"));
-	if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))
+	if (parse_commit(commit))
 		die(_("could not parse newly created commit"));
 
 	strbuf_addstr(&format, "format:%h] %s");
@@ -1377,7 +1384,7 @@
 
 	head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", junk_sha1, 0, NULL);
 	printf("[%s%s ",
-		!prefixcmp(head, "refs/heads/") ?
+		starts_with(head, "refs/heads/") ?
 			head + 11 :
 			!strcmp(head, "HEAD") ?
 				_("detached HEAD") :
@@ -1406,6 +1413,10 @@
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(k, "commit.cleanup"))
 		return git_config_string(&cleanup_arg, k, v);
+	if (!strcmp(k, "commit.gpgsign")) {
+		sign_commit = git_config_bool(k, v) ? "" : NULL;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	status = git_gpg_config(k, v, NULL);
 	if (status)
@@ -1445,6 +1456,29 @@
 	return finish_command(&proc);
 }
 
+int run_commit_hook(int editor_is_used, const char *index_file, const char *name, ...)
+{
+	const char *hook_env[3] =  { NULL };
+	char index[PATH_MAX];
+	va_list args;
+	int ret;
+
+	snprintf(index, sizeof(index), "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file);
+	hook_env[0] = index;
+
+	/*
+	 * Let the hook know that no editor will be launched.
+	 */
+	if (!editor_is_used)
+		hook_env[1] = "GIT_EDITOR=:";
+
+	va_start(args, name);
+	ret = run_hook_ve(hook_env, name, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	static struct wt_status s;
@@ -1467,7 +1501,7 @@
 		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, N_("force edit of commit")),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, N_("default"), N_("how to strip spaces and #comments from message")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "status", &include_status, N_("include status in commit message template")),
-		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key id"),
+		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key-id"),
 		  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
 		/* end commit message options */
 
@@ -1505,12 +1539,11 @@
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf author_ident = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *index_file, *reflog_msg;
-	char *nl, *p;
+	char *nl;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	struct ref_lock *ref_lock;
 	struct commit_list *parents = NULL, **pptr = &parents;
 	struct stat statbuf;
-	int allow_fast_forward = 1;
 	struct commit *current_head = NULL;
 	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL;
 
@@ -1525,7 +1558,7 @@
 		current_head = NULL;
 	else {
 		current_head = lookup_commit_or_die(sha1, "HEAD");
-		if (!current_head || parse_commit(current_head))
+		if (parse_commit(current_head))
 			die(_("could not parse HEAD commit"));
 	}
 	argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_commit_options,
@@ -1558,6 +1591,7 @@
 	} else if (whence == FROM_MERGE) {
 		struct strbuf m = STRBUF_INIT;
 		FILE *fp;
+		int allow_fast_forward = 1;
 
 		if (!reflog_msg)
 			reflog_msg = "commit (merge)";
@@ -1600,12 +1634,9 @@
 		die(_("could not read commit message: %s"), strerror(saved_errno));
 	}
 
-	/* Truncate the message just before the diff, if any. */
-	if (verbose) {
-		p = strstr(sb.buf, "\ndiff --git ");
-		if (p != NULL)
-			strbuf_setlen(&sb, p - sb.buf + 1);
-	}
+	if (verbose || /* Truncate the message just before the diff, if any. */
+	    cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_SCISSORS)
+		wt_status_truncate_message_at_cut_line(&sb);
 
 	if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE)
 		stripspace(&sb, cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_ALL);
@@ -1672,7 +1703,7 @@
 		     "not exceeded, and then \"git reset HEAD\" to recover."));
 
 	rerere(0);
-	run_hook(get_index_file(), "post-commit", NULL);
+	run_commit_hook(use_editor, get_index_file(), "post-commit", NULL);
 	if (amend && !no_post_rewrite) {
 		struct notes_rewrite_cfg *cfg;
 		cfg = init_copy_notes_for_rewrite("amend");
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 20e89fe..5677c94 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 static char term = '\n';
 
 static int use_global_config, use_system_config, use_local_config;
-static const char *given_config_file;
-static const char *given_config_blob;
+static struct git_config_source given_config_source;
 static int actions, types;
 static const char *get_color_slot, *get_colorbool_slot;
 static int end_null;
@@ -55,8 +54,8 @@
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "global", &use_global_config, N_("use global config file")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "system", &use_system_config, N_("use system config file")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "local", &use_local_config, N_("use repository config file")),
-	OPT_STRING('f', "file", &given_config_file, N_("file"), N_("use given config file")),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "blob", &given_config_blob, N_("blob-id"), N_("read config from given blob object")),
+	OPT_STRING('f', "file", &given_config_source.file, N_("file"), N_("use given config file")),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "blob", &given_config_source.blob, N_("blob-id"), N_("read config from given blob object")),
 	OPT_GROUP(N_("Action")),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get", &actions, N_("get value: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get-all", &actions, N_("get all values: key [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_ALL),
@@ -224,8 +223,7 @@
 	}
 
 	git_config_with_options(collect_config, &values,
-				given_config_file, given_config_blob,
-				respect_includes);
+				&given_config_source, respect_includes);
 
 	ret = !values.nr;
 
@@ -309,8 +307,7 @@
 	get_color_found = 0;
 	parsed_color[0] = '\0';
 	git_config_with_options(git_get_color_config, NULL,
-				given_config_file, given_config_blob,
-				respect_includes);
+				&given_config_source, respect_includes);
 
 	if (!get_color_found && def_color)
 		color_parse(def_color, "command line", parsed_color);
@@ -339,8 +336,7 @@
 	get_diff_color_found = -1;
 	get_color_ui_found = -1;
 	git_config_with_options(git_get_colorbool_config, NULL,
-				given_config_file, given_config_blob,
-				respect_includes);
+				&given_config_source, respect_includes);
 
 	if (get_colorbool_found < 0) {
 		if (!strcmp(get_colorbool_slot, "color.diff"))
@@ -362,9 +358,12 @@
 		return get_colorbool_found ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
-static void check_blob_write(void)
+static void check_write(void)
 {
-	if (given_config_blob)
+	if (given_config_source.use_stdin)
+		die("writing to stdin is not supported");
+
+	if (given_config_source.blob)
 		die("writing config blobs is not supported");
 }
 
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@
 	}
 
 	git_config_with_options(urlmatch_config_entry, &config,
-				given_config_file, NULL, respect_includes);
+				&given_config_source, respect_includes);
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &values) {
 		struct urlmatch_current_candidate_value *matched = item->util;
@@ -464,18 +463,24 @@
 	int nongit = !startup_info->have_repository;
 	char *value;
 
-	given_config_file = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
+	given_config_source.file = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_config_options,
 			     builtin_config_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 
 	if (use_global_config + use_system_config + use_local_config +
-	    !!given_config_file + !!given_config_blob > 1) {
+	    !!given_config_source.file + !!given_config_source.blob > 1) {
 		error("only one config file at a time.");
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 
+	if (given_config_source.file &&
+			!strcmp(given_config_source.file, "-")) {
+		given_config_source.file = NULL;
+		given_config_source.use_stdin = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (use_global_config) {
 		char *user_config = NULL;
 		char *xdg_config = NULL;
@@ -493,24 +498,24 @@
 
 		if (access_or_warn(user_config, R_OK, 0) &&
 		    xdg_config && !access_or_warn(xdg_config, R_OK, 0))
-			given_config_file = xdg_config;
+			given_config_source.file = xdg_config;
 		else
-			given_config_file = user_config;
+			given_config_source.file = user_config;
 	}
 	else if (use_system_config)
-		given_config_file = git_etc_gitconfig();
+		given_config_source.file = git_etc_gitconfig();
 	else if (use_local_config)
-		given_config_file = git_pathdup("config");
-	else if (given_config_file) {
-		if (!is_absolute_path(given_config_file) && prefix)
-			given_config_file =
+		given_config_source.file = git_pathdup("config");
+	else if (given_config_source.file) {
+		if (!is_absolute_path(given_config_source.file) && prefix)
+			given_config_source.file =
 				xstrdup(prefix_filename(prefix,
 							strlen(prefix),
-							given_config_file));
+							given_config_source.file));
 	}
 
 	if (respect_includes == -1)
-		respect_includes = !given_config_file;
+		respect_includes = !given_config_source.file;
 
 	if (end_null) {
 		term = '\0';
@@ -549,57 +554,58 @@
 	if (actions == ACTION_LIST) {
 		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
 		if (git_config_with_options(show_all_config, NULL,
-					    given_config_file,
-					    given_config_blob,
+					    &given_config_source,
 					    respect_includes) < 0) {
-			if (given_config_file)
+			if (given_config_source.file)
 				die_errno("unable to read config file '%s'",
-					  given_config_file);
+					  given_config_source.file);
 			else
 				die("error processing config file(s)");
 		}
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_EDIT) {
 		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
-		if (!given_config_file && nongit)
+		if (!given_config_source.file && nongit)
 			die("not in a git directory");
-		if (given_config_blob)
+		if (given_config_source.use_stdin)
+			die("editing stdin is not supported");
+		if (given_config_source.blob)
 			die("editing blobs is not supported");
 		git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
-		launch_editor(given_config_file ?
-			      given_config_file : git_path("config"),
+		launch_editor(given_config_source.file ?
+			      given_config_source.file : git_path("config"),
 			      NULL, NULL);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_SET) {
 		int ret;
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
 		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
-		ret = git_config_set_in_file(given_config_file, argv[0], value);
+		ret = git_config_set_in_file(given_config_source.file, argv[0], value);
 		if (ret == CONFIG_NOTHING_SET)
 			error("cannot overwrite multiple values with a single value\n"
 			"       Use a regexp, --add or --replace-all to change %s.", argv[0]);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_SET_ALL) {
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 2, 3);
 		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
-		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_file,
+		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 						       argv[0], value, argv[2], 0);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_ADD) {
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
 		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
-		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_file,
+		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 						       argv[0], value, "^$", 0);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_REPLACE_ALL) {
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 2, 3);
 		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
-		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_file,
+		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 						       argv[0], value, argv[2], 1);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_GET) {
@@ -623,26 +629,26 @@
 		return get_urlmatch(argv[0], argv[1]);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_UNSET) {
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
 		if (argc == 2)
-			return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_file,
+			return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 							       argv[0], NULL, argv[1], 0);
 		else
-			return git_config_set_in_file(given_config_file,
+			return git_config_set_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 						      argv[0], NULL);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_UNSET_ALL) {
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);
-		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_file,
+		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 						       argv[0], NULL, argv[1], 1);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_RENAME_SECTION) {
 		int ret;
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
-		ret = git_config_rename_section_in_file(given_config_file,
+		ret = git_config_rename_section_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 							argv[0], argv[1]);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -651,9 +657,9 @@
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION) {
 		int ret;
-		check_blob_write();
+		check_write();
 		check_argc(argc, 1, 1);
-		ret = git_config_rename_section_in_file(given_config_file,
+		ret = git_config_rename_section_in_file(given_config_source.file,
 							argv[0], NULL);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -671,9 +677,3 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-int cmd_repo_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
-{
-	fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: git repo-config is deprecated in favor of git config.\n");
-	return cmd_config(argc, argv, prefix);
-}
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index b9d3603..24d740c 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "diff.h"
-#include "hash.h"
+#include "hashmap.h"
 #include "argv-array.h"
 
-#define SEEN		(1u<<0)
+#define SEEN		(1u << 0)
 #define MAX_TAGS	(FLAG_BITS - 1)
 
 static const char * const describe_usage[] = {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 static int first_parent;
 static int abbrev = -1; /* unspecified */
 static int max_candidates = 10;
-static struct hash_table names;
+static struct hashmap names;
 static int have_util;
 static const char *pattern;
 static int always;
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@
 	"diff-index", "--quiet", "HEAD", "--", NULL
 };
 
-
 struct commit_name {
-	struct commit_name *next;
+	struct hashmap_entry entry;
 	unsigned char peeled[20];
 	struct tag *tag;
 	unsigned prio:2; /* annotated tag = 2, tag = 1, head = 0 */
@@ -46,10 +45,17 @@
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	char *path;
 };
+
 static const char *prio_names[] = {
 	"head", "lightweight", "annotated",
 };
 
+static int commit_name_cmp(const struct commit_name *cn1,
+		const struct commit_name *cn2, const void *peeled)
+{
+	return hashcmp(cn1->peeled, peeled ? peeled : cn2->peeled);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int hash_sha1(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	unsigned int hash;
@@ -59,21 +65,9 @@
 
 static inline struct commit_name *find_commit_name(const unsigned char *peeled)
 {
-	struct commit_name *n = lookup_hash(hash_sha1(peeled), &names);
-	while (n && !!hashcmp(peeled, n->peeled))
-		n = n->next;
-	return n;
-}
-
-static int set_util(void *chain, void *data)
-{
-	struct commit_name *n;
-	for (n = chain; n; n = n->next) {
-		struct commit *c = lookup_commit_reference_gently(n->peeled, 1);
-		if (c)
-			c->util = n;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	struct commit_name key;
+	hashmap_entry_init(&key, hash_sha1(peeled));
+	return hashmap_get(&names, &key, peeled);
 }
 
 static int replace_name(struct commit_name *e,
@@ -118,16 +112,10 @@
 	struct tag *tag = NULL;
 	if (replace_name(e, prio, sha1, &tag)) {
 		if (!e) {
-			void **pos;
 			e = xmalloc(sizeof(struct commit_name));
 			hashcpy(e->peeled, peeled);
-			pos = insert_hash(hash_sha1(peeled), e, &names);
-			if (pos) {
-				e->next = *pos;
-				*pos = e;
-			} else {
-				e->next = NULL;
-			}
+			hashmap_entry_init(e, hash_sha1(peeled));
+			hashmap_add(&names, e);
 			e->path = NULL;
 		}
 		e->tag = tag;
@@ -141,7 +129,7 @@
 
 static int get_name(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
 {
-	int is_tag = !prefixcmp(path, "refs/tags/");
+	int is_tag = starts_with(path, "refs/tags/");
 	unsigned char peeled[20];
 	int is_annotated, prio;
 
@@ -150,7 +138,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Accept only tags that match the pattern, if given */
-	if (pattern && (!is_tag || fnmatch(pattern, path + 10, 0)))
+	if (pattern && (!is_tag || wildmatch(pattern, path + 10, 0, NULL)))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Is it annotated? */
@@ -292,7 +280,14 @@
 		fprintf(stderr, _("searching to describe %s\n"), arg);
 
 	if (!have_util) {
-		for_each_hash(&names, set_util, NULL);
+		struct hashmap_iter iter;
+		struct commit *c;
+		struct commit_name *n = hashmap_iter_first(&names, &iter);
+		for (; n; n = hashmap_iter_next(&iter)) {
+			c = lookup_commit_reference_gently(n->peeled, 1);
+			if (c)
+				c->util = n;
+		}
 		have_util = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -463,9 +458,9 @@
 		return cmd_name_rev(args.argc, args.argv, prefix);
 	}
 
-	init_hash(&names);
+	hashmap_init(&names, (hashmap_cmp_fn) commit_name_cmp, 0);
 	for_each_rawref(get_name, NULL);
-	if (!names.nr && !always)
+	if (!names.size && !always)
 		die(_("No names found, cannot describe anything."));
 
 	if (argc == 0) {
@@ -488,9 +483,8 @@
 	} else if (dirty) {
 		die(_("--dirty is incompatible with commit-ishes"));
 	} else {
-		while (argc-- > 0) {
+		while (argc-- > 0)
 			describe(*argv++, argc == 0);
-		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 2fb8c5d..0f247d2 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "sha1-array.h"
 
+#define DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT 1
+#define DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT 2
+
 struct blobinfo {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	const char *name;
@@ -64,15 +67,18 @@
 
 static int builtin_diff_b_f(struct rev_info *revs,
 			    int argc, const char **argv,
-			    struct blobinfo *blob,
-			    const char *path)
+			    struct blobinfo *blob)
 {
 	/* Blob vs file in the working tree*/
 	struct stat st;
+	const char *path;
 
 	if (argc > 1)
 		usage(builtin_diff_usage);
 
+	GUARD_PATHSPEC(&revs->prune_data, PATHSPEC_FROMTOP | PATHSPEC_LITERAL);
+	path = revs->prune_data.items[0].match;
+
 	if (lstat(path, &st))
 		die_errno(_("failed to stat '%s'"), path);
 	if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
@@ -169,7 +175,7 @@
 	if (ent1->item->flags & UNINTERESTING)
 		swap = 1;
 	sha1[swap] = ent0->item->sha1;
-	sha1[1-swap] = ent1->item->sha1;
+	sha1[1 - swap] = ent1->item->sha1;
 	diff_tree_sha1(sha1[0], sha1[1], "", &revs->diffopt);
 	log_tree_diff_flush(revs);
 	return 0;
@@ -255,9 +261,8 @@
 	struct rev_info rev;
 	struct object_array ent = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
 	int blobs = 0, paths = 0;
-	const char *path = NULL;
 	struct blobinfo blob[2];
-	int nongit;
+	int nongit = 0, no_index = 0;
 	int result = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -283,14 +288,59 @@
 	 * Other cases are errors.
 	 */
 
-	prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-	gitmodules_config();
+	/* Were we asked to do --no-index explicitly? */
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
+			i++;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-index"))
+			no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT;
+		if (argv[i][0] != '-')
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (!no_index)
+		prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+
+	/*
+	 * Treat git diff with at least one path outside of the
+	 * repo the same as if the command would have been executed
+	 * outside of a git repository.  In this case it behaves
+	 * the same way as "git diff --no-index <a> <b>", which acts
+	 * as a colourful "diff" replacement.
+	 */
+	if (nongit || ((argc == i + 2) &&
+		       (!path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i]) ||
+			!path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i + 1]))))
+		no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT;
+
+	if (!no_index)
+		gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
 
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 
-	/* If this is a no-index diff, just run it and exit there. */
-	diff_no_index(&rev, argc, argv, nongit, prefix);
+	if (no_index && argc != i + 2) {
+		if (no_index == DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT) {
+			/*
+			 * There was no --no-index and there were not two
+			 * paths. It is possible that the user intended
+			 * to do an inside-repository operation.
+			 */
+			fprintf(stderr, "Not a git repository\n");
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"To compare two paths outside a working tree:\n");
+		}
+		/* Give the usage message for non-repository usage and exit. */
+		usagef("git diff %s <path> <path>",
+		       no_index == DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT ?
+		       "--no-index" : "[--no-index]");
+
+	}
+	if (no_index)
+		/* If this is a no-index diff, just run it and exit there. */
+		diff_no_index(&rev, argc, argv, prefix);
 
 	/* Otherwise, we are doing the usual "git" diff */
 	rev.diffopt.skip_stat_unmatch = !!diff_auto_refresh_index;
@@ -366,13 +416,8 @@
 			die(_("unhandled object '%s' given."), name);
 		}
 	}
-	if (rev.prune_data.nr) {
-		/* builtin_diff_b_f() */
-		GUARD_PATHSPEC(&rev.prune_data, PATHSPEC_FROMTOP | PATHSPEC_LITERAL);
-		if (!path)
-			path = rev.prune_data.items[0].match;
+	if (rev.prune_data.nr)
 		paths += rev.prune_data.nr;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Now, do the arguments look reasonable?
@@ -385,7 +430,7 @@
 		case 1:
 			if (paths != 1)
 				usage(builtin_diff_usage);
-			result = builtin_diff_b_f(&rev, argc, argv, blob, path);
+			result = builtin_diff_b_f(&rev, argc, argv, blob);
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			if (paths)
diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 78250ea..b8d8a3a 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 
 	rev->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
 
-	parse_commit(commit);
+	parse_commit_or_die(commit);
 	author = strstr(commit->buffer, "\nauthor ");
 	if (!author)
 		die ("Could not find author in commit %s",
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 	if (commit->parents &&
 	    get_object_mark(&commit->parents->item->object) != 0 &&
 	    !full_tree) {
-		parse_commit(commit->parents->item);
+		parse_commit_or_die(commit->parents->item);
 		diff_tree_sha1(commit->parents->item->tree->object.sha1,
 			       commit->tree->object.sha1, "", &rev->diffopt);
 	}
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/tags/"))
+	if (starts_with(name, "refs/tags/"))
 		name += 10;
 	printf("tag %s\nfrom :%d\n%.*s%sdata %d\n%.*s\n",
 	       name, tagged_mark,
diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index c8e8582..1262b40 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -3,16 +3,24 @@
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "connect.h"
+#include "sha1-array.h"
 
 static const char fetch_pack_usage[] =
 "git fetch-pack [--all] [--stdin] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] "
 "[--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] "
-"[--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]";
+"[--no-progress] [--diag-url] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]";
 
 static void add_sought_entry_mem(struct ref ***sought, int *nr, int *alloc,
 				 const char *name, int namelen)
 {
 	struct ref *ref = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ref) + namelen + 1);
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+
+	if (namelen > 41 && name[40] == ' ' && !get_sha1_hex(name, sha1)) {
+		hashcpy(ref->old_sha1, sha1);
+		name += 41;
+		namelen -= 41;
+	}
 
 	memcpy(ref->name, name, namelen);
 	ref->name[namelen] = '\0';
@@ -39,6 +47,7 @@
 	char **pack_lockfile_ptr = NULL;
 	struct child_process *conn;
 	struct fetch_pack_args args;
+	struct sha1_array shallow = SHA1_ARRAY_INIT;
 
 	packet_trace_identity("fetch-pack");
 
@@ -48,11 +57,11 @@
 	for (i = 1; i < argc && *argv[i] == '-'; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--upload-pack=")) {
+		if (starts_with(arg, "--upload-pack=")) {
 			args.uploadpack = arg + 14;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exec=")) {
+		if (starts_with(arg, "--exec=")) {
 			args.uploadpack = arg + 7;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -81,11 +90,15 @@
 			args.stdin_refs = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp("--diag-url", arg)) {
+			args.diag_url = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp("-v", arg)) {
 			args.verbose = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--depth=")) {
+		if (starts_with(arg, "--depth=")) {
 			args.depth = strtol(arg + 8, NULL, 0);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -106,6 +119,14 @@
 			args.check_self_contained_and_connected = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp("--cloning", arg)) {
+			args.cloning = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp("--update-shallow", arg)) {
+			args.update_shallow = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		usage(fetch_pack_usage);
 	}
 
@@ -146,14 +167,18 @@
 		fd[0] = 0;
 		fd[1] = 1;
 	} else {
+		int flags = args.verbose ? CONNECT_VERBOSE : 0;
+		if (args.diag_url)
+			flags |= CONNECT_DIAG_URL;
 		conn = git_connect(fd, dest, args.uploadpack,
-				   args.verbose ? CONNECT_VERBOSE : 0);
+				   flags);
+		if (!conn)
+			return args.diag_url ? 0 : 1;
 	}
+	get_remote_heads(fd[0], NULL, 0, &ref, 0, NULL, &shallow);
 
-	get_remote_heads(fd[0], NULL, 0, &ref, 0, NULL);
-
-	ref = fetch_pack(&args, fd, conn, ref, dest,
-			 sought, nr_sought, pack_lockfile_ptr);
+	ref = fetch_pack(&args, fd, conn, ref, dest, sought, nr_sought,
+			 &shallow, pack_lockfile_ptr);
 	if (pack_lockfile) {
 		printf("lock %s\n", pack_lockfile);
 		fflush(stdout);
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index bd7a101..55f457c 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 static int all, append, dry_run, force, keep, multiple, update_head_ok, verbosity;
 static int progress = -1, recurse_submodules = RECURSE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT;
-static int tags = TAGS_DEFAULT, unshallow;
+static int tags = TAGS_DEFAULT, unshallow, update_shallow;
 static const char *depth;
 static const char *upload_pack;
 static struct strbuf default_rla = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 static struct transport *gsecondary;
 static const char *submodule_prefix = "";
 static const char *recurse_submodules_default;
+static int shown_url = 0;
 
 static int option_parse_recurse_submodules(const struct option *opt,
 				   const char *arg, int unset)
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@
 	{ OPTION_STRING, 0, "recurse-submodules-default",
 		   &recurse_submodules_default, NULL,
 		   N_("default mode for recursion"), PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "update-shallow", &update_shallow,
+		 N_("accept refs that update .git/shallow")),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -160,48 +163,156 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static int add_existing(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
+			int flag, void *cbdata)
+{
+	struct string_list *list = (struct string_list *)cbdata;
+	struct string_list_item *item = string_list_insert(list, refname);
+	item->util = xmalloc(20);
+	hashcpy(item->util, sha1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int will_fetch(struct ref **head, const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	struct ref *rm = *head;
+	while (rm) {
+		if (!hashcmp(rm->old_sha1, sha1))
+			return 1;
+		rm = rm->next;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void find_non_local_tags(struct transport *transport,
 			struct ref **head,
-			struct ref ***tail);
+			struct ref ***tail)
+{
+	struct string_list existing_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+	struct string_list remote_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	const struct ref *ref;
+	struct string_list_item *item = NULL;
+
+	for_each_ref(add_existing, &existing_refs);
+	for (ref = transport_get_remote_refs(transport); ref; ref = ref->next) {
+		if (!starts_with(ref->name, "refs/tags/"))
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * The peeled ref always follows the matching base
+		 * ref, so if we see a peeled ref that we don't want
+		 * to fetch then we can mark the ref entry in the list
+		 * as one to ignore by setting util to NULL.
+		 */
+		if (ends_with(ref->name, "^{}")) {
+			if (item && !has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1) &&
+			    !will_fetch(head, ref->old_sha1) &&
+			    !has_sha1_file(item->util) &&
+			    !will_fetch(head, item->util))
+				item->util = NULL;
+			item = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If item is non-NULL here, then we previously saw a
+		 * ref not followed by a peeled reference, so we need
+		 * to check if it is a lightweight tag that we want to
+		 * fetch.
+		 */
+		if (item && !has_sha1_file(item->util) &&
+		    !will_fetch(head, item->util))
+			item->util = NULL;
+
+		item = NULL;
+
+		/* skip duplicates and refs that we already have */
+		if (string_list_has_string(&remote_refs, ref->name) ||
+		    string_list_has_string(&existing_refs, ref->name))
+			continue;
+
+		item = string_list_insert(&remote_refs, ref->name);
+		item->util = (void *)ref->old_sha1;
+	}
+	string_list_clear(&existing_refs, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * We may have a final lightweight tag that needs to be
+	 * checked to see if it needs fetching.
+	 */
+	if (item && !has_sha1_file(item->util) &&
+	    !will_fetch(head, item->util))
+		item->util = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * For all the tags in the remote_refs string list,
+	 * add them to the list of refs to be fetched
+	 */
+	for_each_string_list_item(item, &remote_refs) {
+		/* Unless we have already decided to ignore this item... */
+		if (item->util)
+		{
+			struct ref *rm = alloc_ref(item->string);
+			rm->peer_ref = alloc_ref(item->string);
+			hashcpy(rm->old_sha1, item->util);
+			**tail = rm;
+			*tail = &rm->next;
+		}
+	}
+
+	string_list_clear(&remote_refs, 0);
+}
 
 static struct ref *get_ref_map(struct transport *transport,
-			       struct refspec *refs, int ref_count, int tags,
-			       int *autotags)
+			       struct refspec *refspecs, int refspec_count,
+			       int tags, int *autotags)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct ref *rm;
 	struct ref *ref_map = NULL;
 	struct ref **tail = &ref_map;
 
+	/* opportunistically-updated references: */
+	struct ref *orefs = NULL, **oref_tail = &orefs;
+
 	const struct ref *remote_refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
 
-	if (ref_count || tags == TAGS_SET) {
-		struct ref **old_tail;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < ref_count; i++) {
-			get_fetch_map(remote_refs, &refs[i], &tail, 0);
-			if (refs[i].dst && refs[i].dst[0])
+	if (refspec_count) {
+		for (i = 0; i < refspec_count; i++) {
+			get_fetch_map(remote_refs, &refspecs[i], &tail, 0);
+			if (refspecs[i].dst && refspecs[i].dst[0])
 				*autotags = 1;
 		}
-		/* Merge everything on the command line, but not --tags */
+		/* Merge everything on the command line (but not --tags) */
 		for (rm = ref_map; rm; rm = rm->next)
 			rm->fetch_head_status = FETCH_HEAD_MERGE;
-		if (tags == TAGS_SET)
-			get_fetch_map(remote_refs, tag_refspec, &tail, 0);
 
 		/*
-		 * For any refs that we happen to be fetching via command-line
-		 * arguments, take the opportunity to update their configured
-		 * counterparts. However, we do not want to mention these
-		 * entries in FETCH_HEAD at all, as they would simply be
-		 * duplicates of existing entries.
+		 * For any refs that we happen to be fetching via
+		 * command-line arguments, the destination ref might
+		 * have been missing or have been different than the
+		 * remote-tracking ref that would be derived from the
+		 * configured refspec.  In these cases, we want to
+		 * take the opportunity to update their configured
+		 * remote-tracking reference.  However, we do not want
+		 * to mention these entries in FETCH_HEAD at all, as
+		 * they would simply be duplicates of existing
+		 * entries, so we set them FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE below.
+		 *
+		 * We compute these entries now, based only on the
+		 * refspecs specified on the command line.  But we add
+		 * them to the list following the refspecs resulting
+		 * from the tags option so that one of the latter,
+		 * which has FETCH_HEAD_NOT_FOR_MERGE, is not removed
+		 * by ref_remove_duplicates() in favor of one of these
+		 * opportunistic entries with FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE.
 		 */
-		old_tail = tail;
 		for (i = 0; i < transport->remote->fetch_refspec_nr; i++)
 			get_fetch_map(ref_map, &transport->remote->fetch[i],
-				      &tail, 1);
-		for (rm = *old_tail; rm; rm = rm->next)
-			rm->fetch_head_status = FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE;
+				      &oref_tail, 1);
+
+		if (tags == TAGS_SET)
+			get_fetch_map(remote_refs, tag_refspec, &tail, 0);
 	} else {
 		/* Use the defaults */
 		struct remote *remote = transport->remote;
@@ -238,11 +349,21 @@
 			tail = &ref_map->next;
 		}
 	}
-	if (tags == TAGS_DEFAULT && *autotags)
-		find_non_local_tags(transport, &ref_map, &tail);
-	ref_remove_duplicates(ref_map);
 
-	return ref_map;
+	if (tags == TAGS_SET)
+		/* also fetch all tags */
+		get_fetch_map(remote_refs, tag_refspec, &tail, 0);
+	else if (tags == TAGS_DEFAULT && *autotags)
+		find_non_local_tags(transport, &ref_map, &tail);
+
+	/* Now append any refs to be updated opportunistically: */
+	*tail = orefs;
+	for (rm = orefs; rm; rm = rm->next) {
+		rm->fetch_head_status = FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE;
+		tail = &rm->next;
+	}
+
+	return ref_remove_duplicates(ref_map);
 }
 
 #define STORE_REF_ERROR_OTHER 1
@@ -313,7 +434,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!is_null_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
-	    !prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/")) {
+	    starts_with(ref->name, "refs/tags/")) {
 		int r;
 		r = s_update_ref("updating tag", ref, 0);
 		strbuf_addf(display, "%c %-*s %-*s -> %s%s",
@@ -336,10 +457,10 @@
 		 * more likely to follow a standard layout.
 		 */
 		const char *name = remote_ref ? remote_ref->name : "";
-		if (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/tags/")) {
+		if (starts_with(name, "refs/tags/")) {
 			msg = "storing tag";
 			what = _("[new tag]");
-		} else if (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/")) {
+		} else if (starts_with(name, "refs/heads/")) {
 			msg = "storing head";
 			what = _("[new branch]");
 		} else {
@@ -405,6 +526,8 @@
 	struct ref **rm = cb_data;
 	struct ref *ref = *rm;
 
+	while (ref && ref->status == REF_STATUS_REJECT_SHALLOW)
+		ref = ref->next;
 	if (!ref)
 		return -1; /* end of the list */
 	*rm = ref->next;
@@ -417,7 +540,7 @@
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	struct commit *commit;
-	int url_len, i, shown_url = 0, rc = 0;
+	int url_len, i, rc = 0;
 	struct strbuf note = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *what, *kind;
 	struct ref *rm;
@@ -451,6 +574,13 @@
 			struct ref *ref = NULL;
 			const char *merge_status_marker = "";
 
+			if (rm->status == REF_STATUS_REJECT_SHALLOW) {
+				if (want_status == FETCH_HEAD_MERGE)
+					warning(_("reject %s because shallow roots are not allowed to be updated"),
+						rm->peer_ref ? rm->peer_ref->name : rm->name);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rm->old_sha1, 1);
 			if (!commit)
 				rm->fetch_head_status = FETCH_HEAD_NOT_FOR_MERGE;
@@ -471,15 +601,15 @@
 				kind = "";
 				what = "";
 			}
-			else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/heads/")) {
+			else if (starts_with(rm->name, "refs/heads/")) {
 				kind = "branch";
 				what = rm->name + 11;
 			}
-			else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/tags/")) {
+			else if (starts_with(rm->name, "refs/tags/")) {
 				kind = "tag";
 				what = rm->name + 10;
 			}
-			else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) {
+			else if (starts_with(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) {
 				kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 				what = rm->name + 13;
 			}
@@ -590,17 +720,36 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int prune_refs(struct refspec *refs, int ref_count, struct ref *ref_map)
+static int prune_refs(struct refspec *refs, int ref_count, struct ref *ref_map,
+		const char *raw_url)
 {
-	int result = 0;
+	int url_len, i, result = 0;
 	struct ref *ref, *stale_refs = get_stale_heads(refs, ref_count, ref_map);
+	char *url;
 	const char *dangling_msg = dry_run
 		? _("   (%s will become dangling)")
 		: _("   (%s has become dangling)");
 
+	if (raw_url)
+		url = transport_anonymize_url(raw_url);
+	else
+		url = xstrdup("foreign");
+
+	url_len = strlen(url);
+	for (i = url_len - 1; url[i] == '/' && 0 <= i; i--)
+		;
+
+	url_len = i + 1;
+	if (4 < i && !strncmp(".git", url + i - 3, 4))
+		url_len = i - 3;
+
 	for (ref = stale_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		if (!dry_run)
 			result |= delete_ref(ref->name, NULL, 0);
+		if (verbosity >= 0 && !shown_url) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _("From %.*s\n"), url_len, url);
+			shown_url = 1;
+		}
 		if (verbosity >= 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, " x %-*s %-*s -> %s\n",
 				TRANSPORT_SUMMARY(_("[deleted]")),
@@ -608,110 +757,11 @@
 			warn_dangling_symref(stderr, dangling_msg, ref->name);
 		}
 	}
+	free(url);
 	free_refs(stale_refs);
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int add_existing(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
-			int flag, void *cbdata)
-{
-	struct string_list *list = (struct string_list *)cbdata;
-	struct string_list_item *item = string_list_insert(list, refname);
-	item->util = xmalloc(20);
-	hashcpy(item->util, sha1);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int will_fetch(struct ref **head, const unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-	struct ref *rm = *head;
-	while (rm) {
-		if (!hashcmp(rm->old_sha1, sha1))
-			return 1;
-		rm = rm->next;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void find_non_local_tags(struct transport *transport,
-			struct ref **head,
-			struct ref ***tail)
-{
-	struct string_list existing_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
-	struct string_list remote_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
-	const struct ref *ref;
-	struct string_list_item *item = NULL;
-
-	for_each_ref(add_existing, &existing_refs);
-	for (ref = transport_get_remote_refs(transport); ref; ref = ref->next) {
-		if (prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/"))
-			continue;
-
-		/*
-		 * The peeled ref always follows the matching base
-		 * ref, so if we see a peeled ref that we don't want
-		 * to fetch then we can mark the ref entry in the list
-		 * as one to ignore by setting util to NULL.
-		 */
-		if (!suffixcmp(ref->name, "^{}")) {
-			if (item && !has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1) &&
-			    !will_fetch(head, ref->old_sha1) &&
-			    !has_sha1_file(item->util) &&
-			    !will_fetch(head, item->util))
-				item->util = NULL;
-			item = NULL;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * If item is non-NULL here, then we previously saw a
-		 * ref not followed by a peeled reference, so we need
-		 * to check if it is a lightweight tag that we want to
-		 * fetch.
-		 */
-		if (item && !has_sha1_file(item->util) &&
-		    !will_fetch(head, item->util))
-			item->util = NULL;
-
-		item = NULL;
-
-		/* skip duplicates and refs that we already have */
-		if (string_list_has_string(&remote_refs, ref->name) ||
-		    string_list_has_string(&existing_refs, ref->name))
-			continue;
-
-		item = string_list_insert(&remote_refs, ref->name);
-		item->util = (void *)ref->old_sha1;
-	}
-	string_list_clear(&existing_refs, 1);
-
-	/*
-	 * We may have a final lightweight tag that needs to be
-	 * checked to see if it needs fetching.
-	 */
-	if (item && !has_sha1_file(item->util) &&
-	    !will_fetch(head, item->util))
-		item->util = NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * For all the tags in the remote_refs string list,
-	 * add them to the list of refs to be fetched
-	 */
-	for_each_string_list_item(item, &remote_refs) {
-		/* Unless we have already decided to ignore this item... */
-		if (item->util)
-		{
-			struct ref *rm = alloc_ref(item->string);
-			rm->peer_ref = alloc_ref(item->string);
-			hashcpy(rm->old_sha1, item->util);
-			**tail = rm;
-			*tail = &rm->next;
-		}
-	}
-
-	string_list_clear(&remote_refs, 0);
-}
-
 static void check_not_current_branch(struct ref *ref_map)
 {
 	struct branch *current_branch = branch_get(NULL);
@@ -759,6 +809,8 @@
 		set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_KEEP, "yes");
 	if (depth)
 		set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_DEPTH, depth);
+	if (update_shallow)
+		set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_UPDATE_SHALLOW, "yes");
 	return transport;
 }
 
@@ -824,39 +876,26 @@
 
 	if (tags == TAGS_DEFAULT && autotags)
 		transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_FOLLOWTAGS, "1");
+	if (prune) {
+		/*
+		 * We only prune based on refspecs specified
+		 * explicitly (via command line or configuration); we
+		 * don't care whether --tags was specified.
+		 */
+		if (ref_count) {
+			prune_refs(refs, ref_count, ref_map, transport->url);
+		} else {
+			prune_refs(transport->remote->fetch,
+				   transport->remote->fetch_refspec_nr,
+				   ref_map,
+				   transport->url);
+		}
+	}
 	if (fetch_refs(transport, ref_map)) {
 		free_refs(ref_map);
 		retcode = 1;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	if (prune) {
-		/*
-		 * If --tags was specified, pretend that the user gave us
-		 * the canonical tags refspec
-		 */
-		if (tags == TAGS_SET) {
-			const char *tags_str = "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*";
-			struct refspec *tags_refspec, *refspec;
-
-			/* Copy the refspec and add the tags to it */
-			refspec = xcalloc(ref_count + 1, sizeof(struct refspec));
-			tags_refspec = parse_fetch_refspec(1, &tags_str);
-			memcpy(refspec, refs, ref_count * sizeof(struct refspec));
-			memcpy(&refspec[ref_count], tags_refspec, sizeof(struct refspec));
-			ref_count++;
-
-			prune_refs(refspec, ref_count, ref_map);
-
-			ref_count--;
-			/* The rest of the strings belong to fetch_one */
-			free_refspec(1, tags_refspec);
-			free(refspec);
-		} else if (ref_count) {
-			prune_refs(refs, ref_count, ref_map);
-		} else {
-			prune_refs(transport->remote->fetch, transport->remote->fetch_refspec_nr, ref_map);
-		}
-	}
 	free_refs(ref_map);
 
 	/* if neither --no-tags nor --tags was specified, do automated tag
@@ -892,7 +931,7 @@
 {
 	struct remote_group_data *g = priv;
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(key, "remotes.") &&
+	if (starts_with(key, "remotes.") &&
 			!strcmp(key + 8, g->name)) {
 		/* split list by white space */
 		int space = strcspn(value, " \t\n");
@@ -930,8 +969,8 @@
 {
 	if (dry_run)
 		argv_array_push(argv, "--dry-run");
-	if (prune > 0)
-		argv_array_push(argv, "--prune");
+	if (prune != -1)
+		argv_array_push(argv, prune ? "--prune" : "--no-prune");
 	if (update_head_ok)
 		argv_array_push(argv, "--update-head-ok");
 	if (force)
@@ -987,7 +1026,6 @@
 
 static int fetch_one(struct remote *remote, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	int i;
 	static const char **refs = NULL;
 	struct refspec *refspec;
 	int ref_nr = 0;
@@ -1011,6 +1049,7 @@
 
 	if (argc > 0) {
 		int j = 0;
+		int i;
 		refs = xcalloc(argc + 1, sizeof(const char *));
 		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 			if (!strcmp(argv[i], "tag")) {
@@ -1075,6 +1114,10 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* no need to be strict, transport_set_option() will validate it again */
+	if (depth && atoi(depth) < 1)
+		die(_("depth %s is not a positive number"), depth);
+
 	if (recurse_submodules != RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF) {
 		if (recurse_submodules_default) {
 			int arg = parse_fetch_recurse_submodules_arg("--recurse-submodules-default", recurse_submodules_default);
diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 1c04070..3906eda 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 	if (len < 43 || line[40] != '\t')
 		return 1;
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(line + 41, "not-for-merge"))
+	if (starts_with(line + 41, "not-for-merge"))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (line[41] != '\t')
@@ -155,16 +155,16 @@
 	if (pulling_head) {
 		origin = src;
 		src_data->head_status |= 1;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "branch ")) {
+	} else if (starts_with(line, "branch ")) {
 		origin_data->is_local_branch = 1;
 		origin = line + 7;
 		string_list_append(&src_data->branch, origin);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "tag ")) {
+	} else if (starts_with(line, "tag ")) {
 		origin = line;
 		string_list_append(&src_data->tag, origin + 4);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote-tracking branch ")) {
+	} else if (starts_with(line, "remote-tracking branch ")) {
 		origin = line + strlen("remote-tracking branch ");
 		string_list_append(&src_data->r_branch, origin);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 		resolve_refdup("HEAD", head_sha1, 1, NULL);
 	if (!current_branch)
 		die("No current branch");
-	if (!prefixcmp(current_branch, "refs/heads/"))
+	if (starts_with(current_branch, "refs/heads/"))
 		current_branch += 11;
 
 	find_merge_parents(&merge_parents, in, head_sha1);
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 1d4083c..3e1d5c3 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "color.h"
 
 /* Quoting styles */
 #define QUOTE_NONE 0
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@
 	{ "upstream" },
 	{ "symref" },
 	{ "flag" },
+	{ "HEAD" },
+	{ "color" },
 };
 
 /*
@@ -89,7 +92,8 @@
  */
 static const char **used_atom;
 static cmp_type *used_atom_type;
-static int used_atom_cnt, sort_atom_limit, need_tagged, need_symref;
+static int used_atom_cnt, need_tagged, need_symref;
+static int need_color_reset_at_eol;
 
 /*
  * Used to parse format string and sort specifiers
@@ -176,13 +180,21 @@
 static int verify_format(const char *format)
 {
 	const char *cp, *sp;
+	static const char color_reset[] = "color:reset";
+
+	need_color_reset_at_eol = 0;
 	for (cp = format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); ) {
 		const char *ep = strchr(sp, ')');
+		int at;
+
 		if (!ep)
 			return error("malformed format string %s", sp);
 		/* sp points at "%(" and ep points at the closing ")" */
-		parse_atom(sp + 2, ep);
+		at = parse_atom(sp + 2, ep);
 		cp = ep + 1;
+
+		if (!memcmp(used_atom[at], "color:", 6))
+			need_color_reset_at_eol = !!strcmp(used_atom[at], color_reset);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -205,6 +217,22 @@
 	return buf;
 }
 
+static int grab_objectname(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1,
+			    struct atom_value *v)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(name, "objectname")) {
+		char *s = xmalloc(41);
+		strcpy(s, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+		v->s = s;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(name, "objectname:short")) {
+		v->s = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* See grab_values */
 static void grab_common_values(struct atom_value *val, int deref, struct object *obj, void *buf, unsigned long sz)
 {
@@ -225,15 +253,8 @@
 			v->ul = sz;
 			v->s = s;
 		}
-		else if (!strcmp(name, "objectname")) {
-			char *s = xmalloc(41);
-			strcpy(s, sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
-			v->s = s;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(name, "objectname:short")) {
-			v->s = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(obj->sha1,
-							  DEFAULT_ABBREV));
-		}
+		else if (deref)
+			grab_objectname(name, obj->sha1, v);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +453,7 @@
 		if (name[wholen] != 0 &&
 		    strcmp(name + wholen, "name") &&
 		    strcmp(name + wholen, "email") &&
-		    prefixcmp(name + wholen, "date"))
+		    !starts_with(name + wholen, "date"))
 			continue;
 		if (!wholine)
 			wholine = find_wholine(who, wholen, buf, sz);
@@ -444,7 +465,7 @@
 			v->s = copy_name(wholine);
 		else if (!strcmp(name + wholen, "email"))
 			v->s = copy_email(wholine);
-		else if (!prefixcmp(name + wholen, "date"))
+		else if (starts_with(name + wholen, "date"))
 			grab_date(wholine, v, name);
 	}
 
@@ -466,7 +487,7 @@
 		if (deref)
 			name++;
 
-		if (!prefixcmp(name, "creatordate"))
+		if (starts_with(name, "creatordate"))
 			grab_date(wholine, v, name);
 		else if (!strcmp(name, "creator"))
 			v->s = copy_line(wholine);
@@ -640,20 +661,20 @@
 		int deref = 0;
 		const char *refname;
 		const char *formatp;
+		struct branch *branch = NULL;
 
 		if (*name == '*') {
 			deref = 1;
 			name++;
 		}
 
-		if (!prefixcmp(name, "refname"))
+		if (starts_with(name, "refname"))
 			refname = ref->refname;
-		else if (!prefixcmp(name, "symref"))
+		else if (starts_with(name, "symref"))
 			refname = ref->symref ? ref->symref : "";
-		else if (!prefixcmp(name, "upstream")) {
-			struct branch *branch;
+		else if (starts_with(name, "upstream")) {
 			/* only local branches may have an upstream */
-			if (prefixcmp(ref->refname, "refs/heads/"))
+			if (!starts_with(ref->refname, "refs/heads/"))
 				continue;
 			branch = branch_get(ref->refname + 11);
 
@@ -661,8 +682,13 @@
 			    !branch->merge[0]->dst)
 				continue;
 			refname = branch->merge[0]->dst;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(name, "flag")) {
+		} else if (starts_with(name, "color:")) {
+			char color[COLOR_MAXLEN] = "";
+
+			color_parse(name + 6, "--format", color);
+			v->s = xstrdup(color);
+			continue;
+		} else if (!strcmp(name, "flag")) {
 			char buf[256], *cp = buf;
 			if (ref->flag & REF_ISSYMREF)
 				cp = copy_advance(cp, ",symref");
@@ -675,18 +701,62 @@
 				v->s = xstrdup(buf + 1);
 			}
 			continue;
-		}
-		else
+		} else if (!deref && grab_objectname(name, ref->objectname, v)) {
+			continue;
+		} else if (!strcmp(name, "HEAD")) {
+			const char *head;
+			unsigned char sha1[20];
+
+			head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", sha1, 1, NULL);
+			if (!strcmp(ref->refname, head))
+				v->s = "*";
+			else
+				v->s = " ";
+			continue;
+		} else
 			continue;
 
 		formatp = strchr(name, ':');
-		/* look for "short" refname format */
 		if (formatp) {
+			int num_ours, num_theirs;
+
 			formatp++;
 			if (!strcmp(formatp, "short"))
 				refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname,
 						      warn_ambiguous_refs);
-			else
+			else if (!strcmp(formatp, "track") &&
+				 starts_with(name, "upstream")) {
+				char buf[40];
+
+				stat_tracking_info(branch, &num_ours, &num_theirs);
+				if (!num_ours && !num_theirs)
+					v->s = "";
+				else if (!num_ours) {
+					sprintf(buf, "[behind %d]", num_theirs);
+					v->s = xstrdup(buf);
+				} else if (!num_theirs) {
+					sprintf(buf, "[ahead %d]", num_ours);
+					v->s = xstrdup(buf);
+				} else {
+					sprintf(buf, "[ahead %d, behind %d]",
+						num_ours, num_theirs);
+					v->s = xstrdup(buf);
+				}
+				continue;
+			} else if (!strcmp(formatp, "trackshort") &&
+				   starts_with(name, "upstream")) {
+				assert(branch);
+				stat_tracking_info(branch, &num_ours, &num_theirs);
+				if (!num_ours && !num_theirs)
+					v->s = "=";
+				else if (!num_ours)
+					v->s = "<";
+				else if (!num_theirs)
+					v->s = ">";
+				else
+					v->s = "<>";
+				continue;
+			} else
 				die("unknown %.*s format %s",
 				    (int)(formatp - name), name, formatp);
 		}
@@ -794,7 +864,7 @@
 			     refname[plen] == '/' ||
 			     p[plen-1] == '/'))
 				break;
-			if (!fnmatch(p, refname, FNM_PATHNAME))
+			if (!wildmatch(p, refname, WM_PATHNAME, NULL))
 				break;
 		}
 		if (!*pattern)
@@ -864,11 +934,9 @@
 	qsort(refs, num_refs, sizeof(struct refinfo *), compare_refs);
 }
 
-static void print_value(struct refinfo *ref, int atom, int quote_style)
+static void print_value(struct atom_value *v, int quote_style)
 {
-	struct atom_value *v;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-	get_value(ref, atom, &v);
 	switch (quote_style) {
 	case QUOTE_NONE:
 		fputs(v->s, stdout);
@@ -935,15 +1003,26 @@
 	const char *cp, *sp, *ep;
 
 	for (cp = format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); cp = ep + 1) {
+		struct atom_value *atomv;
+
 		ep = strchr(sp, ')');
 		if (cp < sp)
 			emit(cp, sp);
-		print_value(info, parse_atom(sp + 2, ep), quote_style);
+		get_value(info, parse_atom(sp + 2, ep), &atomv);
+		print_value(atomv, quote_style);
 	}
 	if (*cp) {
 		sp = cp + strlen(cp);
 		emit(cp, sp);
 	}
+	if (need_color_reset_at_eol) {
+		struct atom_value resetv;
+		char color[COLOR_MAXLEN] = "";
+
+		color_parse("reset", "--format", color);
+		resetv.s = color;
+		print_value(&resetv, quote_style);
+	}
 	putchar('\n');
 }
 
@@ -1026,7 +1105,6 @@
 
 	if (!sort)
 		sort = default_sort();
-	sort_atom_limit = used_atom_cnt;
 
 	/* for warn_ambiguous_refs */
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 97ce678..fc150c8 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	unsigned int nr = 0;
 	int result = 0;
 	if (show_progress)
-		progress = start_progress_delay("Checking connectivity", 0, 0, 2);
+		progress = start_progress_delay(_("Checking connectivity"), 0, 0, 2);
 	while (pending.nr) {
 		struct object_array_entry *entry;
 		struct object *obj;
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
 			add_sha1_list(sha1, DIRENT_SORT_HINT(de));
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_"))
+		if (starts_with(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_"))
 			continue;
 		fprintf(stderr, "bad sha1 file: %s/%s\n", path, de->d_name);
 	}
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
 
 static int is_branch(const char *refname)
 {
-	return !strcmp(refname, "HEAD") || !prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/");
+	return !strcmp(refname, "HEAD") || starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/");
 }
 
 static int fsck_handle_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 		fprintf(stderr, "Checking object directory\n");
 
 	if (show_progress)
-		progress = start_progress("Checking object directories", 256);
+		progress = start_progress(_("Checking object directories"), 256);
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 		static char dir[4096];
 		sprintf(dir, "%s/%02x", path, i);
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 	if (!strcmp(head_points_at, "HEAD"))
 		/* detached HEAD */
 		null_is_error = 1;
-	else if (prefixcmp(head_points_at, "refs/heads/"))
+	else if (!starts_with(head_points_at, "refs/heads/"))
 		return error("HEAD points to something strange (%s)",
 			     head_points_at);
 	if (is_null_sha1(head_sha1)) {
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
 	struct alternate_object_database *alt;
 
 	errors_found = 0;
-	read_replace_refs = 0;
+	check_replace_refs = 0;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, fsck_opts, fsck_usage, 0);
 
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@
 				total += p->num_objects;
 			}
 
-			progress = start_progress("Checking objects", total);
+			progress = start_progress(_("Checking objects"), total);
 		}
 		for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
 			/* verify gives error messages itself */
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 891a2c2..85f5c2b 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "sigchain.h"
 #include "argv-array.h"
+#include "commit.h"
 
 #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
 
@@ -24,9 +26,11 @@
 };
 
 static int pack_refs = 1;
+static int aggressive_depth = 250;
 static int aggressive_window = 250;
 static int gc_auto_threshold = 6700;
 static int gc_auto_pack_limit = 50;
+static int detach_auto = 1;
 static const char *prune_expire = "2.weeks.ago";
 
 static struct argv_array pack_refs_cmd = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
@@ -35,6 +39,21 @@
 static struct argv_array prune = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 static struct argv_array rerere = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 
+static char *pidfile;
+
+static void remove_pidfile(void)
+{
+	if (pidfile)
+		unlink(pidfile);
+}
+
+static void remove_pidfile_on_signal(int signo)
+{
+	remove_pidfile();
+	sigchain_pop(signo);
+	raise(signo);
+}
+
 static int gc_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.packrefs")) {
@@ -48,6 +67,10 @@
 		aggressive_window = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.aggressivedepth")) {
+		aggressive_depth = git_config_int(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.auto")) {
 		gc_auto_threshold = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
@@ -56,6 +79,10 @@
 		gc_auto_pack_limit = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.autodetach")) {
+		detach_auto = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.pruneexpire")) {
 		if (value && strcmp(value, "now")) {
 			unsigned long now = approxidate("now");
@@ -162,7 +189,7 @@
 	else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
 		return 0;
 
-	if (run_hook(NULL, "pre-auto-gc", NULL))
+	if (run_hook_le(NULL, "pre-auto-gc", NULL))
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -171,13 +198,16 @@
 static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
 {
 	static struct lock_file lock;
-	static char locking_host[128];
 	char my_host[128];
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct stat st;
 	uintmax_t pid;
 	FILE *fp;
-	int fd, should_exit;
+	int fd;
+
+	if (pidfile)
+		/* already locked */
+		return NULL;
 
 	if (gethostname(my_host, sizeof(my_host)))
 		strcpy(my_host, "unknown");
@@ -185,6 +215,8 @@
 	fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, git_path("gc.pid"),
 				       LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
 	if (!force) {
+		static char locking_host[128];
+		int should_exit;
 		fp = fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "r");
 		memset(locking_host, 0, sizeof(locking_host));
 		should_exit =
@@ -202,7 +234,7 @@
 			time(NULL) - st.st_mtime <= 12 * 3600 &&
 			fscanf(fp, "%"PRIuMAX" %127c", &pid, locking_host) == 2 &&
 			/* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
-			(strcmp(locking_host, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0));
+			(strcmp(locking_host, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0) || errno == EPERM);
 		if (fp != NULL)
 			fclose(fp);
 		if (should_exit) {
@@ -219,6 +251,10 @@
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	commit_lock_file(&lock);
 
+	pidfile = git_pathdup("gc.pid");
+	sigchain_push_common(remove_pidfile_on_signal);
+	atexit(remove_pidfile);
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -263,7 +299,8 @@
 
 	if (aggressive) {
 		argv_array_push(&repack, "-f");
-		argv_array_push(&repack, "--depth=250");
+		if (aggressive_depth > 0)
+			argv_array_pushf(&repack, "--depth=%d", aggressive_depth);
 		if (aggressive_window > 0)
 			argv_array_pushf(&repack, "--window=%d", aggressive_window);
 	}
@@ -276,11 +313,19 @@
 		 */
 		if (!need_to_gc())
 			return 0;
-		if (!quiet)
-			fprintf(stderr,
-					_("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance. You may also\n"
-					"run \"git gc\" manually. See "
-					"\"git help gc\" for more information.\n"));
+		if (!quiet) {
+			if (detach_auto)
+				fprintf(stderr, _("Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.\n"));
+			else
+				fprintf(stderr, _("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance.\n"));
+			fprintf(stderr, _("See \"git help gc\" for manual housekeeping.\n"));
+		}
+		if (detach_auto)
+			/*
+			 * failure to daemonize is ok, we'll continue
+			 * in foreground
+			 */
+			daemonize();
 	} else
 		add_repack_all_option();
 
diff --git a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa72596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Rene Scharfe
+ */
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "commit.h"
+#include "tar.h"
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "quote.h"
+
+static const char builtin_get_tar_commit_id_usage[] =
+"git get-tar-commit-id < <tarfile>";
+
+/* ustar header + extended global header content */
+#define RECORDSIZE	(512)
+#define HEADERSIZE (2 * RECORDSIZE)
+
+int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char buffer[HEADERSIZE];
+	struct ustar_header *header = (struct ustar_header *)buffer;
+	char *content = buffer + RECORDSIZE;
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	if (argc != 1)
+		usage(builtin_get_tar_commit_id_usage);
+
+	n = read_in_full(0, buffer, HEADERSIZE);
+	if (n < HEADERSIZE)
+		die("git get-tar-commit-id: read error");
+	if (header->typeflag[0] != 'g')
+		return 1;
+	if (memcmp(content, "52 comment=", 11))
+		return 1;
+
+	n = write_in_full(1, content + 11, 41);
+	if (n < 41)
+		die_errno("git get-tar-commit-id: write error");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 63f8603..69ac2d8 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[nr];
 		if (!S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode))
 			continue;
-		if (!match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, NULL))
+		if (!ce_path_match(ce, pathspec, NULL))
 			continue;
 		/*
 		 * If CE_VALID is on, we assume worktree file and its cache entry
@@ -524,9 +524,7 @@
 
 	fill_directory(&dir, pathspec);
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) {
-		const char *name = dir.entries[i]->name;
-		int namelen = strlen(name);
-		if (!match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, name, namelen, 0, NULL))
+		if (!dir_path_match(dir.entries[i], pathspec, 0, NULL))
 			continue;
 		hit |= grep_file(opt, dir.entries[i]->name);
 		if (hit && opt->status_only)
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index f1e236b..1fdefeb 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	 */
 	finish_command(&ec_process);
 
-	if (prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
+	if (!starts_with(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
 		strbuf_release(&buffer);
 		return error(_("Failed to parse emacsclient version."));
 	}
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 
 static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "column."))
+	if (starts_with(var, "column."))
 		return git_column_config(var, value, "help", &colopts);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
 		if (!value)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 		add_man_viewer(value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "man."))
+	if (starts_with(var, "man."))
 		return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
 
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@
 
 static int is_git_command(const char *s)
 {
+	if (is_builtin(s))
+		return 1;
+
+	load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
 	return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
 		is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
 }
@@ -306,7 +310,7 @@
 {
 	if (!git_cmd)
 		return "git";
-	else if (!prefixcmp(git_cmd, "git"))
+	else if (starts_with(git_cmd, "git"))
 		return git_cmd;
 	else if (is_git_command(git_cmd))
 		return prepend("git-", git_cmd);
@@ -449,7 +453,6 @@
 	int nongit;
 	const char *alias;
 	enum help_format parsed_help_format;
-	load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
 			builtin_help_usage, 0);
@@ -458,6 +461,7 @@
 	if (show_all) {
 		git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
 		printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
+		load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
 		list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 9e9eb4b..b9f6e12 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 		if (keep_fd < 0) {
 			if (errno != EEXIST)
 				die_errno(_("cannot write keep file '%s'"),
-					  keep_name);
+					  keep_name ? keep_name : name);
 		} else {
 			if (keep_msg_len > 0) {
 				write_or_die(keep_fd, keep_msg, keep_msg_len);
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@
 			}
 			if (close(keep_fd) != 0)
 				die_errno(_("cannot close written keep file '%s'"),
-				    keep_name);
+					  keep_name ? keep_name : name);
 			report = "keep";
 		}
 	}
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
 		usage(index_pack_usage);
 
-	read_replace_refs = 0;
+	check_replace_refs = 0;
 
 	reset_pack_idx_option(&opts);
 	git_config(git_index_pack_config, &opts);
@@ -1534,9 +1534,9 @@
 				stat_only = 1;
 			} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--keep")) {
 				keep_msg = "";
-			} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--keep=")) {
+			} else if (starts_with(arg, "--keep=")) {
 				keep_msg = arg + 7;
-			} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--threads=")) {
+			} else if (starts_with(arg, "--threads=")) {
 				char *end;
 				nr_threads = strtoul(arg+10, &end, 0);
 				if (!arg[10] || *end || nr_threads < 0)
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@
 						  "ignoring %s"), arg);
 				nr_threads = 1;
 #endif
-			} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--pack_header=")) {
+			} else if (starts_with(arg, "--pack_header=")) {
 				struct pack_header *hdr;
 				char *c;
 
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@
 				if (index_name || (i+1) >= argc)
 					usage(index_pack_usage);
 				index_name = argv[++i];
-			} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--index-version=")) {
+			} else if (starts_with(arg, "--index-version=")) {
 				char *c;
 				opts.version = strtoul(arg + 16, &c, 10);
 				if (opts.version > 2)
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 78aa387..56f85e2 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 		/* allow template config file to override the default */
 		if (log_all_ref_updates == -1)
 		    git_config_set("core.logallrefupdates", "true");
-		if (prefixcmp(git_dir, work_tree) ||
+		if (!starts_with(git_dir, work_tree) ||
 		    strcmp(git_dir + strlen(work_tree), "/.git")) {
 			git_config_set("core.worktree", work_tree);
 		}
@@ -412,11 +412,9 @@
 	if (!(flags & INIT_DB_QUIET)) {
 		int len = strlen(git_dir);
 
-		/*
-		 * TRANSLATORS: The first '%s' is either "Reinitialized
-		 * existing" or "Initialized empty", the second " shared" or
-		 * "", and the last '%s%s' is the verbatim directory name.
-		 */
+		/* TRANSLATORS: The first '%s' is either "Reinitialized
+		   existing" or "Initialized empty", the second " shared" or
+		   "", and the last '%s%s' is the verbatim directory name. */
 		printf(_("%s%s Git repository in %s%s\n"),
 		       reinit ? _("Reinitialized existing") : _("Initialized empty"),
 		       shared_repository ? _(" shared") : "",
@@ -515,13 +513,14 @@
 				saved = shared_repository;
 				shared_repository = 0;
 				switch (safe_create_leading_directories_const(argv[0])) {
-				case -3:
+				case SCLD_OK:
+				case SCLD_PERMS:
+					break;
+				case SCLD_EXISTS:
 					errno = EEXIST;
 					/* fallthru */
-				case -1:
-					die_errno(_("cannot mkdir %s"), argv[0]);
-					break;
 				default:
+					die_errno(_("cannot mkdir %s"), argv[0]);
 					break;
 				}
 				shared_repository = saved;
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index b708517..39e8836 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 		default_show_root = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "color.decorate."))
+	if (starts_with(var, "color.decorate."))
 		return parse_decorate_color_config(var, 15, value);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "log.mailmap")) {
 		use_mailmap_config = git_config_bool(var, value);
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
 		int new_offset = offset + 1;
 		while (new_offset < size && buf[new_offset++] != '\n')
 			; /* do nothing */
-		if (!prefixcmp(buf + offset, "tagger "))
+		if (starts_with(buf + offset, "tagger "))
 			show_tagger(buf + offset + 7,
 				    new_offset - offset - 7, rev);
 		offset = new_offset;
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
 		/* There was no "-m" on the command line */
 		rev->ignore_merges = 0;
 		if (!rev->first_parent_only && !rev->combine_merges) {
-			/* No "--first-parent", "-c", nor "--cc" */
+			/* No "--first-parent", "-c", or "--cc" */
 			rev->combine_merges = 1;
 			rev->dense_combined_merges = 1;
 		}
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@
 	ref = rev->cmdline.rev[positive].name;
 	tip_sha1 = rev->cmdline.rev[positive].item->sha1;
 	if (dwim_ref(ref, strlen(ref), branch_sha1, &full_ref) &&
-	    !prefixcmp(full_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
+	    starts_with(full_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
 	    !hashcmp(tip_sha1, branch_sha1))
 		branch = xstrdup(full_ref + strlen("refs/heads/"));
 	free(full_ref);
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@
 			unsigned char sha1[20];
 			const char *ref;
 			ref = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", sha1, 1, NULL);
-			if (ref && !prefixcmp(ref, "refs/heads/"))
+			if (ref && starts_with(ref, "refs/heads/"))
 				branch_name = xstrdup(ref + strlen("refs/heads/"));
 			else
 				branch_name = xstrdup(""); /* no branch */
diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index e1cf6d8..47c3880 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	if (len >= ent->len)
 		die("git ls-files: internal error - directory entry not superset of prefix");
 
-	if (!match_pathspec_depth(&pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, len, ps_matched))
+	if (!dir_path_match(ent, &pathspec, len, ps_matched))
 		return;
 
 	fputs(tag, stdout);
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@
 	if (len >= ce_namelen(ce))
 		die("git ls-files: internal error - cache entry not superset of prefix");
 
-	if (!match_pathspec_depth(&pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), len, ps_matched))
+	if (!match_pathspec(&pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce),
+			    len, ps_matched,
+			    S_ISDIR(ce->ce_mode) || S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode)))
 		return;
 
 	if (tag && *tag && show_valid_bit &&
@@ -195,7 +197,8 @@
 		len = strlen(path);
 		if (len < max_prefix_len)
 			continue; /* outside of the prefix */
-		if (!match_pathspec_depth(&pathspec, path, len, max_prefix_len, ps_matched))
+		if (!match_pathspec(&pathspec, path, len,
+				    max_prefix_len, ps_matched, 0))
 			continue; /* uninterested */
 		for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 			if (!ui->mode[i])
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 25e83cf..3e9eefb 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	if (snprintf(pathbuf, sizeof(pathbuf), "/%s", path) > sizeof(pathbuf))
 		return error("insanely long ref %.*s...", 20, path);
 	while ((p = *(pattern++)) != NULL) {
-		if (!fnmatch(p, pathbuf, 0))
+		if (!wildmatch(p, pathbuf, 0, NULL))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 
 		if (*arg == '-') {
-			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--upload-pack=")) {
+			if (starts_with(arg, "--upload-pack=")) {
 				uploadpack = arg + 14;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exec=")) {
+			if (starts_with(arg, "--exec=")) {
 				uploadpack = arg + 7;
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index 65ec931..51184df 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 	 * show_recursive() rolls its own matching code and is
 	 * generally ignorant of 'struct pathspec'. The magic mask
 	 * cannot be lifted until it is converted to use
-	 * match_pathspec_depth() or tree_entry_interesting()
+	 * match_pathspec() or tree_entry_interesting()
 	 */
 	parse_pathspec(&pathspec, PATHSPEC_GLOB | PATHSPEC_ICASE,
 		       PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD,
diff --git a/builtin/mailinfo.c b/builtin/mailinfo.c
index 24a772d..2c3cd8e 100644
--- a/builtin/mailinfo.c
+++ b/builtin/mailinfo.c
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@
 	}
 
 	/* for inbody stuff */
-	if (!prefixcmp(line->buf, ">From") && isspace(line->buf[5])) {
+	if (starts_with(line->buf, ">From") && isspace(line->buf[5])) {
 		ret = 1; /* Should this return 0? */
 		goto check_header_out;
 	}
-	if (!prefixcmp(line->buf, "[PATCH]") && isspace(line->buf[7])) {
+	if (starts_with(line->buf, "[PATCH]") && isspace(line->buf[7])) {
 		for (i = 0; header[i]; i++) {
 			if (!memcmp("Subject", header[i], 7)) {
 				handle_header(&hdr_data[i], line);
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 	char *cp = line->buf;
 
 	/* Count mbox From headers as headers */
-	if (!prefixcmp(cp, "From ") || !prefixcmp(cp, ">From "))
+	if (starts_with(cp, "From ") || starts_with(cp, ">From "))
 		return 1;
 
 	while ((ch = *cp++)) {
@@ -671,11 +671,11 @@
 	size_t i;
 
 	/* Beginning of a "diff -" header? */
-	if (!prefixcmp(line->buf, "diff -"))
+	if (starts_with(line->buf, "diff -"))
 		return 1;
 
 	/* CVS "Index: " line? */
-	if (!prefixcmp(line->buf, "Index: "))
+	if (starts_with(line->buf, "Index: "))
 		return 1;
 
 	/*
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 	if (line->len < 4)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(line->buf, "---")) {
+	if (starts_with(line->buf, "---")) {
 		/* space followed by a filename? */
 		if (line->buf[3] == ' ' && !isspace(line->buf[4]))
 			return 1;
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
 
 static int git_mailinfo_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *unused)
 {
-	if (prefixcmp(var, "mailinfo."))
+	if (!starts_with(var, "mailinfo."))
 		return git_default_config(var, value, unused);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "mailinfo.scissors")) {
 		use_scissors = git_config_bool(var, value);
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
 			metainfo_charset = def_charset;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-n"))
 			metainfo_charset = NULL;
-		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[1], "--encoding="))
+		else if (starts_with(argv[1], "--encoding="))
 			metainfo_charset = argv[1] + 11;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--scissors"))
 			use_scissors = 1;
diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index e88eb93..0ecde8d 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "revision.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static int show_merge_base(struct commit **rev, int rev_nr, int show_all)
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@
 	N_("git merge-base [-a|--all] --octopus <commit>..."),
 	N_("git merge-base --independent <commit>..."),
 	N_("git merge-base --is-ancestor <commit> <commit>"),
+	N_("git merge-base --fork-point <ref> [<commit>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -44,19 +48,36 @@
 	return r;
 }
 
-static int handle_octopus(int count, const char **args, int reduce, int show_all)
+static int handle_independent(int count, const char **args)
 {
 	struct commit_list *revs = NULL;
 	struct commit_list *result;
 	int i;
 
-	if (reduce)
-		show_all = 1;
+	for (i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		commit_list_insert(get_commit_reference(args[i]), &revs);
+
+	result = reduce_heads(revs);
+	if (!result)
+		return 1;
+
+	while (result) {
+		printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(result->item->object.sha1));
+		result = result->next;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int handle_octopus(int count, const char **args, int show_all)
+{
+	struct commit_list *revs = NULL;
+	struct commit_list *result;
+	int i;
 
 	for (i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 		commit_list_insert(get_commit_reference(args[i]), &revs);
 
-	result = reduce ? reduce_heads(revs) : get_octopus_merge_bases(revs);
+	result = reduce_heads(get_octopus_merge_bases(revs));
 
 	if (!result)
 		return 1;
@@ -85,37 +106,151 @@
 		return 1;
 }
 
+struct rev_collect {
+	struct commit **commit;
+	int nr;
+	int alloc;
+	unsigned int initial : 1;
+};
+
+static void add_one_commit(unsigned char *sha1, struct rev_collect *revs)
+{
+	struct commit *commit;
+
+	if (is_null_sha1(sha1))
+		return;
+
+	commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
+	if (!commit ||
+	    (commit->object.flags & TMP_MARK) ||
+	    parse_commit(commit))
+		return;
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(revs->commit, revs->nr + 1, revs->alloc);
+	revs->commit[revs->nr++] = commit;
+	commit->object.flags |= TMP_MARK;
+}
+
+static int collect_one_reflog_ent(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
+				  const char *ident, unsigned long timestamp,
+				  int tz, const char *message, void *cbdata)
+{
+	struct rev_collect *revs = cbdata;
+
+	if (revs->initial) {
+		revs->initial = 0;
+		add_one_commit(osha1, revs);
+	}
+	add_one_commit(nsha1, revs);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int handle_fork_point(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char *refname;
+	const char *commitname;
+	struct rev_collect revs;
+	struct commit *derived;
+	struct commit_list *bases;
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	switch (dwim_ref(argv[0], strlen(argv[0]), sha1, &refname)) {
+	case 0:
+		die("No such ref: '%s'", argv[0]);
+	case 1:
+		break; /* good */
+	default:
+		die("Ambiguous refname: '%s'", argv[0]);
+	}
+
+	commitname = (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : "HEAD";
+	if (get_sha1(commitname, sha1))
+		die("Not a valid object name: '%s'", commitname);
+
+	derived = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+	memset(&revs, 0, sizeof(revs));
+	revs.initial = 1;
+	for_each_reflog_ent(refname, collect_one_reflog_ent, &revs);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < revs.nr; i++)
+		revs.commit[i]->object.flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
+
+	bases = get_merge_bases_many(derived, revs.nr, revs.commit, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * There should be one and only one merge base, when we found
+	 * a common ancestor among reflog entries.
+	 */
+	if (!bases || bases->next) {
+		ret = 1;
+		goto cleanup_return;
+	}
+
+	/* And the found one must be one of the reflog entries */
+	for (i = 0; i < revs.nr; i++)
+		if (&bases->item->object == &revs.commit[i]->object)
+			break; /* found */
+	if (revs.nr <= i) {
+		ret = 1; /* not found */
+		goto cleanup_return;
+	}
+
+	printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(bases->item->object.sha1));
+
+cleanup_return:
+	free_commit_list(bases);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct commit **rev;
 	int rev_nr = 0;
 	int show_all = 0;
-	int octopus = 0;
-	int reduce = 0;
-	int is_ancestor = 0;
+	int cmdmode = 0;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("output all common ancestors")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "octopus", &octopus, N_("find ancestors for a single n-way merge")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "independent", &reduce, N_("list revs not reachable from others")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "is-ancestor", &is_ancestor,
-			 N_("is the first one ancestor of the other?")),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "octopus", &cmdmode,
+			    N_("find ancestors for a single n-way merge"), 'o'),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "independent", &cmdmode,
+			    N_("list revs not reachable from others"), 'r'),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "is-ancestor", &cmdmode,
+			    N_("is the first one ancestor of the other?"), 'a'),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "fork-point", &cmdmode,
+			    N_("find where <commit> forked from reflog of <ref>"), 'f'),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, merge_base_usage, 0);
-	if (!octopus && !reduce && argc < 2)
-		usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
-	if (is_ancestor && (show_all || octopus || reduce))
-		die("--is-ancestor cannot be used with other options");
-	if (is_ancestor)
-		return handle_is_ancestor(argc, argv);
-	if (reduce && (show_all || octopus))
-		die("--independent cannot be used with other options");
 
-	if (octopus || reduce)
-		return handle_octopus(argc, argv, reduce, show_all);
+	if (cmdmode == 'a') {
+		if (argc < 2)
+			usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
+		if (show_all)
+			die("--is-ancestor cannot be used with --all");
+		return handle_is_ancestor(argc, argv);
+	}
+
+	if (cmdmode == 'r' && show_all)
+		die("--independent cannot be used with --all");
+
+	if (cmdmode == 'o')
+		return handle_octopus(argc, argv, show_all);
+
+	if (cmdmode == 'r')
+		return handle_independent(argc, argv);
+
+	if (cmdmode == 'f') {
+		if (argc < 1 || 2 < argc)
+			usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
+		return handle_fork_point(argc, argv);
+	}
+
+	if (argc < 2)
+		usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
 
 	rev = xmalloc(argc * sizeof(*rev));
 	while (argc-- > 0)
diff --git a/builtin/merge-recursive.c b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
index 3a64f5d..a90f28f 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	struct commit *result;
 
 	init_merge_options(&o);
-	if (argv[0] && !suffixcmp(argv[0], "-subtree"))
+	if (argv[0] && ends_with(argv[0], "-subtree"))
 		o.subtree_shift = "";
 
 	if (argc < 4)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--")) {
+		if (starts_with(arg, "--")) {
 			if (!arg[2])
 				break;
 			if (parse_merge_opt(&o, arg + 2))
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 02a69c1..66d8843 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -186,13 +186,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int option_parse_ff_only(const struct option *opt,
-			  const char *arg, int unset)
-{
-	fast_forward = FF_ONLY;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'n', NULL, NULL, NULL,
 		N_("do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge"),
@@ -210,9 +203,9 @@
 	OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &option_edit,
 		N_("edit message before committing")),
 	OPT_SET_INT(0, "ff", &fast_forward, N_("allow fast-forward (default)"), FF_ALLOW),
-	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "ff-only", NULL, NULL,
+	{ OPTION_SET_INT, 0, "ff-only", &fast_forward, NULL,
 		N_("abort if fast-forward is not possible"),
-		PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_ff_only },
+		PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, NULL, FF_ONLY },
 	OPT_RERERE_AUTOUPDATE(&allow_rerere_auto),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "verify-signatures", &verify_signatures,
 		N_("Verify that the named commit has a valid GPG signature")),
@@ -227,7 +220,7 @@
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "abort", &abort_current_merge,
 		N_("abort the current in-progress merge")),
 	OPT_SET_INT(0, "progress", &show_progress, N_("force progress reporting"), 1),
-	{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key id"),
+	{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key-id"),
 	  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore, N_("update ignored files (default)")),
 	OPT_END()
@@ -374,7 +367,7 @@
 			sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 		pretty_print_commit(&ctx, commit, &out);
 	}
-	if (write(fd, out.buf, out.len) < 0)
+	if (write_in_full(fd, out.buf, out.len) != out.len)
 		die_errno(_("Writing SQUASH_MSG"));
 	if (close(fd))
 		die_errno(_("Finishing SQUASH_MSG"));
@@ -428,7 +421,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Run a post-merge hook */
-	run_hook(NULL, "post-merge", squash ? "1" : "0", NULL);
+	run_hook_le(NULL, "post-merge", squash ? "1" : "0", NULL);
 
 	strbuf_release(&reflog_message);
 }
@@ -453,17 +446,17 @@
 		die(_("'%s' does not point to a commit"), remote);
 
 	if (dwim_ref(remote, strlen(remote), branch_head, &found_ref) > 0) {
-		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
+		if (starts_with(found_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
 			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tbranch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/tags/")) {
+		if (starts_with(found_ref, "refs/tags/")) {
 			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\ttag '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
+		if (starts_with(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
 			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
@@ -577,8 +570,8 @@
 {
 	int status;
 
-	if (branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
-		!prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
+	if (branch && starts_with(k, "branch.") &&
+		starts_with(k + 7, branch) &&
 		!strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions")) {
 		free(branch_mergeoptions);
 		branch_mergeoptions = xstrdup(v);
@@ -604,6 +597,9 @@
 	} else if (!strcmp(k, "merge.defaulttoupstream")) {
 		default_to_upstream = git_config_bool(k, v);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (!strcmp(k, "commit.gpgsign")) {
+		sign_commit = git_config_bool(k, v) ? "" : NULL;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	status = fmt_merge_msg_config(k, v, cb);
@@ -828,8 +824,8 @@
 	if (0 < option_edit)
 		strbuf_commented_addf(&msg, _(merge_editor_comment), comment_line_char);
 	write_merge_msg(&msg);
-	if (run_hook(get_index_file(), "prepare-commit-msg",
-		     git_path("MERGE_MSG"), "merge", NULL, NULL))
+	if (run_commit_hook(0 < option_edit, get_index_file(), "prepare-commit-msg",
+			    git_path("MERGE_MSG"), "merge", NULL))
 		abort_commit(remoteheads, NULL);
 	if (0 < option_edit) {
 		if (launch_editor(git_path("MERGE_MSG"), NULL, NULL))
@@ -1113,7 +1109,7 @@
 	 * current branch.
 	 */
 	branch = branch_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, &flag);
-	if (branch && !prefixcmp(branch, "refs/heads/"))
+	if (branch && starts_with(branch, "refs/heads/"))
 		branch += 11;
 	if (!branch || is_null_sha1(head_sha1))
 		head_commit = NULL;
diff --git a/builtin/mktree.c b/builtin/mktree.c
index f92ba40..a964d6b 100644
--- a/builtin/mktree.c
+++ b/builtin/mktree.c
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@
 	if (strchr(path, '/'))
 		die("path %s contains slash", path);
 
-	if (alloc <= used) {
-		alloc = alloc_nr(used);
-		entries = xrealloc(entries, sizeof(*entries) * alloc);
-	}
+	ALLOC_GROW(entries, used + 1, alloc);
 	ent = entries[used++] = xmalloc(sizeof(**entries) + len + 1);
 	ent->mode = mode;
 	ent->len = len;
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index aec79d1..2a7243f 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 	NULL
 };
 
+#define DUP_BASENAME 1
+#define KEEP_TRAILING_SLASH 2
+
 static const char **internal_copy_pathspec(const char *prefix,
 					   const char **pathspec,
-					   int count, int base_name)
+					   int count, unsigned flags)
 {
 	int i;
 	const char **result = xmalloc((count + 1) * sizeof(const char *));
@@ -27,11 +30,12 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		int length = strlen(result[i]);
 		int to_copy = length;
-		while (to_copy > 0 && is_dir_sep(result[i][to_copy - 1]))
+		while (!(flags & KEEP_TRAILING_SLASH) &&
+		       to_copy > 0 && is_dir_sep(result[i][to_copy - 1]))
 			to_copy--;
-		if (to_copy != length || base_name) {
+		if (to_copy != length || flags & DUP_BASENAME) {
 			char *it = xmemdupz(result[i], to_copy);
-			if (base_name) {
+			if (flags & DUP_BASENAME) {
 				result[i] = xstrdup(basename(it));
 				free(it);
 			} else
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct lock_file lock_file;
+#define SUBMODULE_WITH_GITDIR ((const char *)1)
 
 int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
@@ -86,16 +91,21 @@
 
 	source = internal_copy_pathspec(prefix, argv, argc, 0);
 	modes = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(enum update_mode));
-	dest_path = internal_copy_pathspec(prefix, argv + argc, 1, 0);
+	/*
+	 * Keep trailing slash, needed to let
+	 * "git mv file no-such-dir/" error out.
+	 */
+	dest_path = internal_copy_pathspec(prefix, argv + argc, 1,
+					   KEEP_TRAILING_SLASH);
 	submodule_gitfile = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(char *));
 
 	if (dest_path[0][0] == '\0')
 		/* special case: "." was normalized to "" */
-		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, 1);
+		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, DUP_BASENAME);
 	else if (!lstat(dest_path[0], &st) &&
 			S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 		dest_path[0] = add_slash(dest_path[0]);
-		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, 1);
+		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, DUP_BASENAME);
 	} else {
 		if (argc != 1)
 			die("destination '%s' is not a directory", dest_path[0]);
@@ -132,6 +142,8 @@
 				submodule_gitfile[i] = read_gitfile(submodule_dotgit.buf);
 				if (submodule_gitfile[i])
 					submodule_gitfile[i] = xstrdup(submodule_gitfile[i]);
+				else
+					submodule_gitfile[i] = SUBMODULE_WITH_GITDIR;
 				strbuf_release(&submodule_dotgit);
 			} else {
 				const char *src_w_slash = add_slash(src);
@@ -150,7 +162,8 @@
 					if (strncmp(path, src_w_slash, len_w_slash))
 						break;
 				}
-				free((char *)src_w_slash);
+				if (src_w_slash != src)
+					free((char *)src_w_slash);
 
 				if (last - first < 1)
 					bad = _("source directory is empty");
@@ -167,6 +180,9 @@
 						modes = xrealloc(modes,
 								(argc + last - first)
 								* sizeof(enum update_mode));
+						submodule_gitfile = xrealloc(submodule_gitfile,
+								(argc + last - first)
+								* sizeof(char *));
 					}
 
 					dst = add_slash(dst);
@@ -180,6 +196,7 @@
 							prefix_path(dst, dst_len,
 								path + length + 1);
 						modes[argc + j] = INDEX;
+						submodule_gitfile[argc + j] = NULL;
 					}
 					argc += last - first;
 				}
@@ -202,6 +219,8 @@
 			}
 		} else if (string_list_has_string(&src_for_dst, dst))
 			bad = _("multiple sources for the same target");
+		else if (is_dir_sep(dst[strlen(dst) - 1]))
+			bad = _("destination directory does not exist");
 		else
 			string_list_insert(&src_for_dst, dst);
 
@@ -213,6 +232,11 @@
 					memmove(destination + i,
 						destination + i + 1,
 						(argc - i) * sizeof(char *));
+					memmove(modes + i, modes + i + 1,
+						(argc - i) * sizeof(enum update_mode));
+					memmove(submodule_gitfile + i,
+						submodule_gitfile + i + 1,
+						(argc - i) * sizeof(char *));
 					i--;
 				}
 			} else
@@ -230,10 +254,12 @@
 		if (!show_only && mode != INDEX) {
 			if (rename(src, dst) < 0 && !ignore_errors)
 				die_errno (_("renaming '%s' failed"), src);
-			if (submodule_gitfile[i])
-				connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(dst, submodule_gitfile[i]);
-			if (!update_path_in_gitmodules(src, dst))
-				gitmodules_modified = 1;
+			if (submodule_gitfile[i]) {
+				if (submodule_gitfile[i] != SUBMODULE_WITH_GITDIR)
+					connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(dst, submodule_gitfile[i]);
+				if (!update_path_in_gitmodules(src, dst))
+					gitmodules_modified = 1;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (mode == WORKING_DIRECTORY)
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 20fcf8c..c824d4e 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 	struct commit_list *parents;
 	int parent_number = 1;
 
-	if (!commit->object.parsed)
-		parse_commit(commit);
+	parse_commit(commit);
 
 	if (commit->date < cutoff)
 		return;
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@
 	const char *subpath = path;
 
 	while (subpath) {
-		if (!fnmatch(filter, subpath, 0))
+		if (!wildmatch(filter, subpath, 0, NULL))
 			return subpath - path;
 		subpath = strchr(subpath, '/');
 		if (subpath)
@@ -101,9 +100,9 @@
 {
 	if (shorten_unambiguous)
 		refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, 0);
-	else if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/"))
+	else if (starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/"))
 		refname = refname + 11;
-	else if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/"))
+	else if (starts_with(refname, "refs/"))
 		refname = refname + 5;
 	return refname;
 }
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@
 	int can_abbreviate_output = data->tags_only && data->name_only;
 	int deref = 0;
 
-	if (data->tags_only && prefixcmp(path, "refs/tags/"))
+	if (data->tags_only && !starts_with(path, "refs/tags/"))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (data->ref_filter) {
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index d459e23..39c8573 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -269,7 +269,11 @@
 		die(_("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), arg);
 	if (!(buf = read_sha1_file(object, &type, &len)) || !len) {
 		free(buf);
-		die(_("Failed to read object '%s'."), arg);;
+		die(_("Failed to read object '%s'."), arg);
+	}
+	if (type != OBJ_BLOB) {
+		free(buf);
+		die(_("Cannot read note data from non-blob object '%s'."), arg);
 	}
 	strbuf_add(&(msg->buf), buf, len);
 	free(buf);
@@ -347,7 +351,7 @@
 	init_notes(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	t = &default_notes_tree;
 
-	if (prefixcmp(t->ref, "refs/notes/"))
+	if (!starts_with(t->ref, "refs/notes/"))
 		die("Refusing to %s notes in %s (outside of refs/notes/)",
 		    subcommand, t->ref);
 	return t;
@@ -935,7 +939,7 @@
 	int result;
 	const char *override_notes_ref = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT_STRING(0, "ref", &override_notes_ref, N_("notes_ref"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "ref", &override_notes_ref, N_("notes-ref"),
 			   N_("use notes from <notes_ref>")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index c7590cb..de36c60 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
 static off_t write_reused_pack(struct sha1file *f)
 {
 	unsigned char buffer[8192];
-	off_t to_write;
+	off_t to_write, total;
 	int fd;
 
 	if (!is_pack_valid(reuse_packfile))
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
 	if (reuse_packfile_offset < 0)
 		reuse_packfile_offset = reuse_packfile->pack_size - 20;
 
-	to_write = reuse_packfile_offset - sizeof(struct pack_header);
+	total = to_write = reuse_packfile_offset - sizeof(struct pack_header);
 
 	while (to_write) {
 		int read_pack = xread(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
@@ -738,10 +738,23 @@
 
 		sha1write(f, buffer, read_pack);
 		to_write -= read_pack;
+
+		/*
+		 * We don't know the actual number of objects written,
+		 * only how many bytes written, how many bytes total, and
+		 * how many objects total. So we can fake it by pretending all
+		 * objects we are writing are the same size. This gives us a
+		 * smooth progress meter, and at the end it matches the true
+		 * answer.
+		 */
+		written = reuse_packfile_objects *
+				(((double)(total - to_write)) / total);
+		display_progress(progress_state, written);
 	}
 
 	close(fd);
-	written += reuse_packfile_objects;
+	written = reuse_packfile_objects;
+	display_progress(progress_state, written);
 	return reuse_packfile_offset - sizeof(struct pack_header);
 }
 
@@ -755,7 +768,7 @@
 	struct object_entry **write_order;
 
 	if (progress > pack_to_stdout)
-		progress_state = start_progress("Writing objects", nr_result);
+		progress_state = start_progress(_("Writing objects"), nr_result);
 	written_list = xmalloc(to_pack.nr_objects * sizeof(*written_list));
 	write_order = compute_write_order();
 
@@ -769,8 +782,6 @@
 			f = create_tmp_packfile(&pack_tmp_name);
 
 		offset = write_pack_header(f, nr_remaining);
-		if (!offset)
-			die_errno("unable to write pack header");
 
 		if (reuse_packfile) {
 			off_t packfile_size;
@@ -805,7 +816,7 @@
 
 		if (!pack_to_stdout) {
 			struct stat st;
-			char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
+			struct strbuf tmpname = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 			/*
 			 * Packs are runtime accessed in their mtime
@@ -825,26 +836,22 @@
 				utb.modtime = --last_mtime;
 				if (utime(pack_tmp_name, &utb) < 0)
 					warning("failed utime() on %s: %s",
-						tmpname, strerror(errno));
+						pack_tmp_name, strerror(errno));
 			}
 
-			/* Enough space for "-<sha-1>.pack"? */
-			if (sizeof(tmpname) <= strlen(base_name) + 50)
-				die("pack base name '%s' too long", base_name);
-			snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "%s-", base_name);
+			strbuf_addf(&tmpname, "%s-", base_name);
 
 			if (write_bitmap_index) {
 				bitmap_writer_set_checksum(sha1);
 				bitmap_writer_build_type_index(written_list, nr_written);
 			}
 
-			finish_tmp_packfile(tmpname, pack_tmp_name,
+			finish_tmp_packfile(&tmpname, pack_tmp_name,
 					    written_list, nr_written,
 					    &pack_idx_opts, sha1);
 
 			if (write_bitmap_index) {
-				char *end_of_name_prefix = strrchr(tmpname, 0);
-				sprintf(end_of_name_prefix, "%s.bitmap", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+				strbuf_addf(&tmpname, "%s.bitmap", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 
 				stop_progress(&progress_state);
 
@@ -853,10 +860,11 @@
 				bitmap_writer_select_commits(indexed_commits, indexed_commits_nr, -1);
 				bitmap_writer_build(&to_pack);
 				bitmap_writer_finish(written_list, nr_written,
-						     tmpname, write_bitmap_options);
+						     tmpname.buf, write_bitmap_options);
 				write_bitmap_index = 0;
 			}
 
+			strbuf_release(&tmpname);
 			free(pack_tmp_name);
 			puts(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 		}
@@ -1027,7 +1035,7 @@
 			    exclude, name && no_try_delta(name),
 			    index_pos, found_pack, found_offset);
 
-	display_progress(progress_state, to_pack.nr_objects);
+	display_progress(progress_state, nr_result);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1043,7 +1051,7 @@
 
 	create_object_entry(sha1, type, name_hash, 0, 0, index_pos, pack, offset);
 
-	display_progress(progress_state, to_pack.nr_objects);
+	display_progress(progress_state, nr_result);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1068,7 +1076,7 @@
 static struct pbase_tree {
 	struct pbase_tree *next;
 	/* This is a phony "cache" entry; we are not
-	 * going to evict it nor find it through _get()
+	 * going to evict it or find it through _get()
 	 * mechanism -- this is for the toplevel node that
 	 * would almost always change with any commit.
 	 */
@@ -1225,12 +1233,9 @@
 	if (0 <= pos)
 		return 1;
 	pos = -pos - 1;
-	if (done_pbase_paths_alloc <= done_pbase_paths_num) {
-		done_pbase_paths_alloc = alloc_nr(done_pbase_paths_alloc);
-		done_pbase_paths = xrealloc(done_pbase_paths,
-					    done_pbase_paths_alloc *
-					    sizeof(unsigned));
-	}
+	ALLOC_GROW(done_pbase_paths,
+		   done_pbase_paths_num + 1,
+		   done_pbase_paths_alloc);
 	done_pbase_paths_num++;
 	if (pos < done_pbase_paths_num)
 		memmove(done_pbase_paths + pos + 1,
@@ -2099,7 +2104,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned char peeled[20];
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(path, "refs/tags/") && /* is a tag? */
+	if (starts_with(path, "refs/tags/") && /* is a tag? */
 	    !peel_ref(path, peeled)        && /* peelable? */
 	    packlist_find(&to_pack, peeled, NULL))      /* object packed? */
 		add_object_entry(sha1, OBJ_TAG, NULL, 0);
@@ -2166,7 +2171,7 @@
 	if (nr_deltas && n > 1) {
 		unsigned nr_done = 0;
 		if (progress)
-			progress_state = start_progress("Compressing objects",
+			progress_state = start_progress(_("Compressing objects"),
 							nr_deltas);
 		qsort(delta_list, n, sizeof(*delta_list), type_size_sort);
 		ll_find_deltas(delta_list, n, window+1, depth, &nr_done);
@@ -2456,12 +2461,7 @@
 			&reuse_packfile_offset)) {
 		assert(reuse_packfile_objects);
 		nr_result += reuse_packfile_objects;
-
-		if (progress) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Reusing existing pack: %d, done.\n",
-				reuse_packfile_objects);
-			fflush(stderr);
-		}
+		display_progress(progress_state, nr_result);
 	}
 
 	traverse_bitmap_commit_list(&add_object_entry_from_bitmap);
@@ -2478,6 +2478,9 @@
 	save_commit_buffer = 0;
 	setup_revisions(ac, av, &revs, NULL);
 
+	/* make sure shallows are read */
+	is_repository_shallow();
+
 	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin) != NULL) {
 		int len = strlen(line);
 		if (len && line[len - 1] == '\n')
@@ -2490,6 +2493,13 @@
 				write_bitmap_index = 0;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (starts_with(line, "--shallow ")) {
+				unsigned char sha1[20];
+				if (get_sha1_hex(line + 10, sha1))
+					die("not an SHA-1 '%s'", line + 10);
+				register_shallow(sha1);
+				continue;
+			}
 			die("not a rev '%s'", line);
 		}
 		if (handle_revision_arg(line, &revs, flags, REVARG_CANNOT_BE_FILENAME))
@@ -2635,7 +2645,7 @@
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
-	read_replace_refs = 0;
+	check_replace_refs = 0;
 
 	reset_pack_idx_option(&pack_idx_opts);
 	git_config(git_pack_config, NULL);
@@ -2710,7 +2720,7 @@
 	prepare_packed_git();
 
 	if (progress)
-		progress_state = start_progress("Counting objects", 0);
+		progress_state = start_progress(_("Counting objects"), 0);
 	if (!use_internal_rev_list)
 		read_object_list_from_stdin();
 	else {
diff --git a/builtin/prune-packed.c b/builtin/prune-packed.c
index fa6ce42..6879468 100644
--- a/builtin/prune-packed.c
+++ b/builtin/prune-packed.c
@@ -10,58 +10,62 @@
 
 static struct progress *progress;
 
-static void prune_dir(int i, DIR *dir, char *pathname, int len, int opts)
+static void prune_dir(int i, DIR *dir, struct strbuf *pathname, int opts)
 {
 	struct dirent *de;
 	char hex[40];
+	int top_len = pathname->len;
 
 	sprintf(hex, "%02x", i);
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		if (strlen(de->d_name) != 38)
 			continue;
-		memcpy(hex+2, de->d_name, 38);
+		memcpy(hex + 2, de->d_name, 38);
 		if (get_sha1_hex(hex, sha1))
 			continue;
 		if (!has_sha1_pack(sha1))
 			continue;
-		memcpy(pathname + len, de->d_name, 38);
+
+		strbuf_add(pathname, de->d_name, 38);
 		if (opts & PRUNE_PACKED_DRY_RUN)
-			printf("rm -f %s\n", pathname);
+			printf("rm -f %s\n", pathname->buf);
 		else
-			unlink_or_warn(pathname);
+			unlink_or_warn(pathname->buf);
 		display_progress(progress, i + 1);
+		strbuf_setlen(pathname, top_len);
 	}
 }
 
 void prune_packed_objects(int opts)
 {
 	int i;
-	static char pathname[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *dir = get_object_directory();
-	int len = strlen(dir);
+	struct strbuf pathname = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int top_len;
 
+	strbuf_addstr(&pathname, dir);
 	if (opts & PRUNE_PACKED_VERBOSE)
-		progress = start_progress_delay("Removing duplicate objects",
+		progress = start_progress_delay(_("Removing duplicate objects"),
 			256, 95, 2);
 
-	if (len > PATH_MAX - 42)
-		die("impossible object directory");
-	memcpy(pathname, dir, len);
-	if (len && pathname[len-1] != '/')
-		pathname[len++] = '/';
+	if (pathname.len && pathname.buf[pathname.len - 1] != '/')
+		strbuf_addch(&pathname, '/');
+
+	top_len = pathname.len;
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 		DIR *d;
 
 		display_progress(progress, i + 1);
-		sprintf(pathname + len, "%02x/", i);
-		d = opendir(pathname);
+		strbuf_setlen(&pathname, top_len);
+		strbuf_addf(&pathname, "%02x/", i);
+		d = opendir(pathname.buf);
 		if (!d)
 			continue;
-		prune_dir(i, d, pathname, len + 3, opts);
+		prune_dir(i, d, &pathname, opts);
 		closedir(d);
-		pathname[len + 2] = '\0';
-		rmdir(pathname);
+		strbuf_setlen(&pathname, top_len + 2);
+		rmdir(pathname.buf);
 	}
 	stop_progress(&progress);
 }
diff --git a/builtin/prune.c b/builtin/prune.c
index 6366917..144a3bd 100644
--- a/builtin/prune.c
+++ b/builtin/prune.c
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 static unsigned long expire;
 static int show_progress = -1;
 
-static int prune_tmp_object(const char *path, const char *filename)
+static int prune_tmp_file(const char *fullpath)
 {
-	const char *fullpath = mkpath("%s/%s", path, filename);
 	struct stat st;
 	if (lstat(fullpath, &st))
 		return error("Could not stat '%s'", fullpath);
@@ -32,9 +31,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int prune_object(char *path, const char *filename, const unsigned char *sha1)
+static int prune_object(const char *fullpath, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	const char *fullpath = mkpath("%s/%s", path, filename);
 	struct stat st;
 	if (lstat(fullpath, &st))
 		return error("Could not stat '%s'", fullpath);
@@ -50,9 +48,10 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int prune_dir(int i, char *path)
+static int prune_dir(int i, struct strbuf *path)
 {
-	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
+	size_t baselen = path->len;
+	DIR *dir = opendir(path->buf);
 	struct dirent *de;
 
 	if (!dir)
@@ -77,28 +76,39 @@
 			if (lookup_object(sha1))
 				continue;
 
-			prune_object(path, de->d_name, sha1);
+			strbuf_addf(path, "/%s", de->d_name);
+			prune_object(path->buf, sha1);
+			strbuf_setlen(path, baselen);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_")) {
-			prune_tmp_object(path, de->d_name);
+		if (starts_with(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_")) {
+			strbuf_addf(path, "/%s", de->d_name);
+			prune_tmp_file(path->buf);
+			strbuf_setlen(path, baselen);
 			continue;
 		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "bad sha1 file: %s/%s\n", path, de->d_name);
+		fprintf(stderr, "bad sha1 file: %s/%s\n", path->buf, de->d_name);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
 	if (!show_only)
-		rmdir(path);
+		rmdir(path->buf);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void prune_object_dir(const char *path)
 {
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	size_t baselen;
 	int i;
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, path);
+	strbuf_addch(&buf, '/');
+	baselen = buf.len;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		static char dir[4096];
-		sprintf(dir, "%s/%02x", path, i);
-		prune_dir(i, dir);
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, "%02x", i);
+		prune_dir(i, &buf);
+		strbuf_setlen(&buf, baselen);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -119,8 +129,8 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
-		if (!prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_"))
-			prune_tmp_object(path, de->d_name);
+		if (starts_with(de->d_name, "tmp_"))
+			prune_tmp_file(mkpath("%s/%s", path, de->d_name));
 	closedir(dir);
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@
 
 	expire = ULONG_MAX;
 	save_commit_buffer = 0;
-	read_replace_refs = 0;
+	check_replace_refs = 0;
 	init_revisions(&revs, prefix);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, prune_usage, 0);
@@ -159,7 +169,7 @@
 	if (show_progress == -1)
 		show_progress = isatty(2);
 	if (show_progress)
-		progress = start_progress_delay("Checking connectivity", 0, 0, 2);
+		progress = start_progress_delay(_("Checking connectivity"), 0, 0, 2);
 
 	mark_reachable_objects(&revs, 1, progress);
 	stop_progress(&progress);
@@ -170,5 +180,9 @@
 	s = mkpathdup("%s/pack", get_object_directory());
 	remove_temporary_files(s);
 	free(s);
+
+	if (is_repository_shallow())
+		prune_shallow(show_only);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 7b1b66c..f8dfea4 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 static const char **refspec;
 static int refspec_nr;
 static int refspec_alloc;
-static int default_matching_used;
 
 static void add_refspec(const char *ref)
 {
@@ -35,35 +34,75 @@
 	refspec[refspec_nr-1] = ref;
 }
 
-static void set_refspecs(const char **refs, int nr)
+static const char *map_refspec(const char *ref,
+			       struct remote *remote, struct ref *local_refs)
 {
+	struct ref *matched = NULL;
+
+	/* Does "ref" uniquely name our ref? */
+	if (count_refspec_match(ref, local_refs, &matched) != 1)
+		return ref;
+
+	if (remote->push) {
+		struct refspec query;
+		memset(&query, 0, sizeof(struct refspec));
+		query.src = matched->name;
+		if (!query_refspecs(remote->push, remote->push_refspec_nr, &query) &&
+		    query.dst) {
+			struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s%s:%s",
+				    query.force ? "+" : "",
+				    query.src, query.dst);
+			return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (push_default == PUSH_DEFAULT_UPSTREAM &&
+	    starts_with(matched->name, "refs/heads/")) {
+		struct branch *branch = branch_get(matched->name + 11);
+		if (branch->merge_nr == 1 && branch->merge[0]->src) {
+			struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s:%s",
+				    ref, branch->merge[0]->src);
+			return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ref;
+}
+
+static void set_refspecs(const char **refs, int nr, const char *repo)
+{
+	struct remote *remote = NULL;
+	struct ref *local_refs = NULL;
 	int i;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		const char *ref = refs[i];
 		if (!strcmp("tag", ref)) {
-			char *tag;
-			int len;
+			struct strbuf tagref = STRBUF_INIT;
 			if (nr <= ++i)
 				die(_("tag shorthand without <tag>"));
-			len = strlen(refs[i]) + 11;
-			if (deleterefs) {
-				tag = xmalloc(len+1);
-				strcpy(tag, ":refs/tags/");
-			} else {
-				tag = xmalloc(len);
-				strcpy(tag, "refs/tags/");
+			ref = refs[i];
+			if (deleterefs)
+				strbuf_addf(&tagref, ":refs/tags/%s", ref);
+			else
+				strbuf_addf(&tagref, "refs/tags/%s", ref);
+			ref = strbuf_detach(&tagref, NULL);
+		} else if (deleterefs) {
+			struct strbuf delref = STRBUF_INIT;
+			if (strchr(ref, ':'))
+				die(_("--delete only accepts plain target ref names"));
+			strbuf_addf(&delref, ":%s", ref);
+			ref = strbuf_detach(&delref, NULL);
+		} else if (!strchr(ref, ':')) {
+			if (!remote) {
+				/* lazily grab remote and local_refs */
+				remote = remote_get(repo);
+				local_refs = get_local_heads();
 			}
-			strcat(tag, refs[i]);
-			ref = tag;
-		} else if (deleterefs && !strchr(ref, ':')) {
-			char *delref;
-			int len = strlen(ref)+1;
-			delref = xmalloc(len+1);
-			strcpy(delref, ":");
-			strcat(delref, ref);
-			ref = delref;
-		} else if (deleterefs)
-			die(_("--delete only accepts plain target ref names"));
+			ref = map_refspec(ref, remote, local_refs);
+		}
 		add_refspec(ref);
 	}
 }
@@ -164,9 +203,9 @@
 }
 
 static char warn_unspecified_push_default_msg[] =
-N_("push.default is unset; its implicit value is changing in\n"
+N_("push.default is unset; its implicit value has changed in\n"
    "Git 2.0 from 'matching' to 'simple'. To squelch this message\n"
-   "and maintain the current behavior after the default changes, use:\n"
+   "and maintain the traditional behavior, use:\n"
    "\n"
    "  git config --global push.default matching\n"
    "\n"
@@ -174,6 +213,13 @@
    "\n"
    "  git config --global push.default simple\n"
    "\n"
+   "When push.default is set to 'matching', git will push local branches\n"
+   "to the remote branches that already exist with the same name.\n"
+   "\n"
+   "Since Git 2.0, Git defaults to the more conservative 'simple'\n"
+   "behavior, which only pushes the current branch to the corresponding\n"
+   "remote branch that 'git pull' uses to update the current branch.\n"
+   "\n"
    "See 'git help config' and search for 'push.default' for further information.\n"
    "(the 'simple' mode was introduced in Git 1.7.11. Use the similar mode\n"
    "'current' instead of 'simple' if you sometimes use older versions of Git)");
@@ -200,14 +246,14 @@
 
 	switch (push_default) {
 	default:
-	case PUSH_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED:
-		default_matching_used = 1;
-		warn_unspecified_push_default_configuration();
-		/* fallthru */
 	case PUSH_DEFAULT_MATCHING:
 		add_refspec(":");
 		break;
 
+	case PUSH_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED:
+		warn_unspecified_push_default_configuration();
+		/* fallthru */
+
 	case PUSH_DEFAULT_SIMPLE:
 		if (triangular)
 			setup_push_current(remote, branch);
@@ -236,12 +282,6 @@
 	   "'git pull ...') before pushing again.\n"
 	   "See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.");
 
-static const char message_advice_use_upstream[] =
-	N_("Updates were rejected because a pushed branch tip is behind its remote\n"
-	   "counterpart. If you did not intend to push that branch, you may want to\n"
-	   "specify branches to push or set the 'push.default' configuration variable\n"
-	   "to 'simple', 'current' or 'upstream' to push only the current branch.");
-
 static const char message_advice_checkout_pull_push[] =
 	N_("Updates were rejected because a pushed branch tip is behind its remote\n"
 	   "counterpart. Check out this branch and integrate the remote changes\n"
@@ -270,13 +310,6 @@
 	advise(_(message_advice_pull_before_push));
 }
 
-static void advise_use_upstream(void)
-{
-	if (!advice_push_non_ff_default || !advice_push_update_rejected)
-		return;
-	advise(_(message_advice_use_upstream));
-}
-
 static void advise_checkout_pull_push(void)
 {
 	if (!advice_push_non_ff_matching || !advice_push_update_rejected)
@@ -338,10 +371,7 @@
 	if (reject_reasons & REJECT_NON_FF_HEAD) {
 		advise_pull_before_push();
 	} else if (reject_reasons & REJECT_NON_FF_OTHER) {
-		if (default_matching_used)
-			advise_use_upstream();
-		else
-			advise_checkout_pull_push();
+		advise_checkout_pull_push();
 	} else if (reject_reasons & REJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
 		advise_ref_already_exists();
 	} else if (reject_reasons & REJECT_FETCH_FIRST) {
@@ -494,7 +524,7 @@
 
 	if (argc > 0) {
 		repo = argv[0];
-		set_refspecs(argv + 1, argc - 1);
+		set_refspecs(argv + 1, argc - 1, repo);
 	}
 
 	rc = do_push(repo, flags);
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index 0f5d7fe..0d7ef84 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 
 	if (1 < opts.index_only + opts.update)
 		die("-u and -i at the same time makes no sense");
-	if ((opts.update||opts.index_only) && !opts.merge)
+	if ((opts.update || opts.index_only) && !opts.merge)
 		die("%s is meaningless without -m, --reset, or --prefix",
 		    opts.update ? "-u" : "-i");
 	if ((opts.dir && !opts.update))
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 67ce1ef..c323081 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "sha1-array.h"
 #include "connected.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
 static const char receive_pack_usage[] = "git receive-pack <git-dir>";
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
 static const char *head_name;
 static void *head_name_to_free;
 static int sent_capabilities;
+static int shallow_update;
+static const char *alt_shallow_file;
 
 static enum deny_action parse_deny_action(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
@@ -121,6 +124,11 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(var, "receive.shallowupdate") == 0) {
+		shallow_update = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -178,6 +186,8 @@
 	if (!sent_capabilities)
 		show_ref("capabilities^{}", null_sha1);
 
+	advertise_shallow_grafts(1);
+
 	/* EOF */
 	packet_flush(1);
 }
@@ -187,6 +197,7 @@
 	const char *error_string;
 	unsigned int skip_update:1,
 		     did_not_exist:1;
+	int index;
 	unsigned char old_sha1[20];
 	unsigned char new_sha1[20];
 	char ref_name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
@@ -418,7 +429,46 @@
 		rp_error("%s", refuse_unconfigured_deny_delete_current_msg[i]);
 }
 
-static const char *update(struct command *cmd)
+static int command_singleton_iterator(void *cb_data, unsigned char sha1[20]);
+static int update_shallow_ref(struct command *cmd, struct shallow_info *si)
+{
+	static struct lock_file shallow_lock;
+	struct sha1_array extra = SHA1_ARRAY_INIT;
+	const char *alt_file;
+	uint32_t mask = 1 << (cmd->index % 32);
+	int i;
+
+	trace_printf_key("GIT_TRACE_SHALLOW",
+			 "shallow: update_shallow_ref %s\n", cmd->ref_name);
+	for (i = 0; i < si->shallow->nr; i++)
+		if (si->used_shallow[i] &&
+		    (si->used_shallow[i][cmd->index / 32] & mask) &&
+		    !delayed_reachability_test(si, i))
+			sha1_array_append(&extra, si->shallow->sha1[i]);
+
+	setup_alternate_shallow(&shallow_lock, &alt_file, &extra);
+	if (check_shallow_connected(command_singleton_iterator,
+				    0, cmd, alt_file)) {
+		rollback_lock_file(&shallow_lock);
+		sha1_array_clear(&extra);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	commit_lock_file(&shallow_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure setup_alternate_shallow() for the next ref does
+	 * not lose these new roots..
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < extra.nr; i++)
+		register_shallow(extra.sha1[i]);
+
+	si->shallow_ref[cmd->index] = 0;
+	sha1_array_clear(&extra);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *update(struct command *cmd, struct shallow_info *si)
 {
 	const char *name = cmd->ref_name;
 	struct strbuf namespaced_name_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -428,7 +478,7 @@
 	struct ref_lock *lock;
 
 	/* only refs/... are allowed */
-	if (prefixcmp(name, "refs/") || check_refname_format(name + 5, 0)) {
+	if (!starts_with(name, "refs/") || check_refname_format(name + 5, 0)) {
 		rp_error("refusing to create funny ref '%s' remotely", name);
 		return "funny refname";
 	}
@@ -459,7 +509,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!is_null_sha1(old_sha1) && is_null_sha1(new_sha1)) {
-		if (deny_deletes && !prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/")) {
+		if (deny_deletes && starts_with(name, "refs/heads/")) {
 			rp_error("denying ref deletion for %s", name);
 			return "deletion prohibited";
 		}
@@ -483,7 +533,7 @@
 
 	if (deny_non_fast_forwards && !is_null_sha1(new_sha1) &&
 	    !is_null_sha1(old_sha1) &&
-	    !prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/")) {
+	    starts_with(name, "refs/heads/")) {
 		struct object *old_object, *new_object;
 		struct commit *old_commit, *new_commit;
 
@@ -526,6 +576,10 @@
 		return NULL; /* good */
 	}
 	else {
+		if (shallow_update && si->shallow_ref[cmd->index] &&
+		    update_shallow_ref(cmd, si))
+			return "shallow error";
+
 		lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(namespaced_name, old_sha1,
 					       0, NULL);
 		if (!lock) {
@@ -666,12 +720,16 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void set_connectivity_errors(struct command *commands)
+static void set_connectivity_errors(struct command *commands,
+				    struct shallow_info *si)
 {
 	struct command *cmd;
 
 	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
 		struct command *singleton = cmd;
+		if (shallow_update && si->shallow_ref[cmd->index])
+			/* to be checked in update_shallow_ref() */
+			continue;
 		if (!check_everything_connected(command_singleton_iterator,
 						0, &singleton))
 			continue;
@@ -679,18 +737,26 @@
 	}
 }
 
+struct iterate_data {
+	struct command *cmds;
+	struct shallow_info *si;
+};
+
 static int iterate_receive_command_list(void *cb_data, unsigned char sha1[20])
 {
-	struct command **cmd_list = cb_data;
+	struct iterate_data *data = cb_data;
+	struct command **cmd_list = &data->cmds;
 	struct command *cmd = *cmd_list;
 
-	while (cmd) {
-		if (!is_null_sha1(cmd->new_sha1)) {
+	for (; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
+		if (shallow_update && data->si->shallow_ref[cmd->index])
+			/* to be checked in update_shallow_ref() */
+			continue;
+		if (!is_null_sha1(cmd->new_sha1) && !cmd->skip_update) {
 			hashcpy(sha1, cmd->new_sha1);
 			*cmd_list = cmd->next;
 			return 0;
 		}
-		cmd = cmd->next;
 	}
 	*cmd_list = NULL;
 	return -1; /* end of list */
@@ -710,10 +776,14 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void execute_commands(struct command *commands, const char *unpacker_error)
+static void execute_commands(struct command *commands,
+			     const char *unpacker_error,
+			     struct shallow_info *si)
 {
+	int checked_connectivity;
 	struct command *cmd;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	struct iterate_data data;
 
 	if (unpacker_error) {
 		for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next)
@@ -721,10 +791,10 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	cmd = commands;
-	if (check_everything_connected(iterate_receive_command_list,
-				       0, &cmd))
-		set_connectivity_errors(commands);
+	data.cmds = commands;
+	data.si = si;
+	if (check_everything_connected(iterate_receive_command_list, 0, &data))
+		set_connectivity_errors(commands, si);
 
 	reject_updates_to_hidden(commands);
 
@@ -741,6 +811,7 @@
 	free(head_name_to_free);
 	head_name = head_name_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", sha1, 0, NULL);
 
+	checked_connectivity = 1;
 	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
 		if (cmd->error_string)
 			continue;
@@ -748,11 +819,22 @@
 		if (cmd->skip_update)
 			continue;
 
-		cmd->error_string = update(cmd);
+		cmd->error_string = update(cmd, si);
+		if (shallow_update && !cmd->error_string &&
+		    si->shallow_ref[cmd->index]) {
+			error("BUG: connectivity check has not been run on ref %s",
+			      cmd->ref_name);
+			checked_connectivity = 0;
+		}
 	}
+
+	if (shallow_update && !checked_connectivity)
+		error("BUG: run 'git fsck' for safety.\n"
+		      "If there are errors, try to remove "
+		      "the reported refs above");
 }
 
-static struct command *read_head_info(void)
+static struct command *read_head_info(struct sha1_array *shallow)
 {
 	struct command *commands = NULL;
 	struct command **p = &commands;
@@ -766,6 +848,14 @@
 		line = packet_read_line(0, &len);
 		if (!line)
 			break;
+
+		if (len == 48 && starts_with(line, "shallow ")) {
+			if (get_sha1_hex(line + 8, old_sha1))
+				die("protocol error: expected shallow sha, got '%s'", line + 8);
+			sha1_array_append(shallow, old_sha1);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (len < 83 ||
 		    line[40] != ' ' ||
 		    line[81] != ' ' ||
@@ -817,11 +907,14 @@
 
 static const char *pack_lockfile;
 
-static const char *unpack(int err_fd)
+static const char *unpack(int err_fd, struct shallow_info *si)
 {
 	struct pack_header hdr;
+	struct argv_array av = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 	const char *hdr_err;
+	int status;
 	char hdr_arg[38];
+	struct child_process child;
 	int fsck_objects = (receive_fsck_objects >= 0
 			    ? receive_fsck_objects
 			    : transfer_fsck_objects >= 0
@@ -838,72 +931,63 @@
 			"--pack_header=%"PRIu32",%"PRIu32,
 			ntohl(hdr.hdr_version), ntohl(hdr.hdr_entries));
 
+	if (si->nr_ours || si->nr_theirs) {
+		alt_shallow_file = setup_temporary_shallow(si->shallow);
+		argv_array_pushl(&av, "--shallow-file", alt_shallow_file, NULL);
+	}
+
+	memset(&child, 0, sizeof(child));
 	if (ntohl(hdr.hdr_entries) < unpack_limit) {
-		int code, i = 0;
-		struct child_process child;
-		const char *unpacker[5];
-		unpacker[i++] = "unpack-objects";
+		argv_array_pushl(&av, "unpack-objects", hdr_arg, NULL);
 		if (quiet)
-			unpacker[i++] = "-q";
+			argv_array_push(&av, "-q");
 		if (fsck_objects)
-			unpacker[i++] = "--strict";
-		unpacker[i++] = hdr_arg;
-		unpacker[i++] = NULL;
-		memset(&child, 0, sizeof(child));
-		child.argv = unpacker;
+			argv_array_push(&av, "--strict");
+		child.argv = av.argv;
 		child.no_stdout = 1;
 		child.err = err_fd;
 		child.git_cmd = 1;
-		code = run_command(&child);
-		if (!code)
-			return NULL;
-		return "unpack-objects abnormal exit";
+		status = run_command(&child);
+		if (status)
+			return "unpack-objects abnormal exit";
 	} else {
-		const char *keeper[7];
-		int s, status, i = 0;
+		int s;
 		char keep_arg[256];
-		struct child_process ip;
 
 		s = sprintf(keep_arg, "--keep=receive-pack %"PRIuMAX" on ", (uintmax_t) getpid());
 		if (gethostname(keep_arg + s, sizeof(keep_arg) - s))
 			strcpy(keep_arg + s, "localhost");
 
-		keeper[i++] = "index-pack";
-		keeper[i++] = "--stdin";
+		argv_array_pushl(&av, "index-pack",
+				 "--stdin", hdr_arg, keep_arg, NULL);
 		if (fsck_objects)
-			keeper[i++] = "--strict";
+			argv_array_push(&av, "--strict");
 		if (fix_thin)
-			keeper[i++] = "--fix-thin";
-		keeper[i++] = hdr_arg;
-		keeper[i++] = keep_arg;
-		keeper[i++] = NULL;
-		memset(&ip, 0, sizeof(ip));
-		ip.argv = keeper;
-		ip.out = -1;
-		ip.err = err_fd;
-		ip.git_cmd = 1;
-		status = start_command(&ip);
-		if (status) {
+			argv_array_push(&av, "--fix-thin");
+		child.argv = av.argv;
+		child.out = -1;
+		child.err = err_fd;
+		child.git_cmd = 1;
+		status = start_command(&child);
+		if (status)
 			return "index-pack fork failed";
-		}
-		pack_lockfile = index_pack_lockfile(ip.out);
-		close(ip.out);
-		status = finish_command(&ip);
-		if (!status) {
-			reprepare_packed_git();
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		return "index-pack abnormal exit";
+		pack_lockfile = index_pack_lockfile(child.out);
+		close(child.out);
+		status = finish_command(&child);
+		if (status)
+			return "index-pack abnormal exit";
+		reprepare_packed_git();
 	}
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-static const char *unpack_with_sideband(void)
+static const char *unpack_with_sideband(struct shallow_info *si)
 {
 	struct async muxer;
 	const char *ret;
 
 	if (!use_sideband)
-		return unpack(0);
+		return unpack(0, si);
 
 	memset(&muxer, 0, sizeof(muxer));
 	muxer.proc = copy_to_sideband;
@@ -911,12 +995,97 @@
 	if (start_async(&muxer))
 		return NULL;
 
-	ret = unpack(muxer.in);
+	ret = unpack(muxer.in, si);
 
 	finish_async(&muxer);
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void prepare_shallow_update(struct command *commands,
+				   struct shallow_info *si)
+{
+	int i, j, k, bitmap_size = (si->ref->nr + 31) / 32;
+
+	si->used_shallow = xmalloc(sizeof(*si->used_shallow) *
+				   si->shallow->nr);
+	assign_shallow_commits_to_refs(si, si->used_shallow, NULL);
+
+	si->need_reachability_test =
+		xcalloc(si->shallow->nr, sizeof(*si->need_reachability_test));
+	si->reachable =
+		xcalloc(si->shallow->nr, sizeof(*si->reachable));
+	si->shallow_ref = xcalloc(si->ref->nr, sizeof(*si->shallow_ref));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < si->nr_ours; i++)
+		si->need_reachability_test[si->ours[i]] = 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < si->shallow->nr; i++) {
+		if (!si->used_shallow[i])
+			continue;
+		for (j = 0; j < bitmap_size; j++) {
+			if (!si->used_shallow[i][j])
+				continue;
+			si->need_reachability_test[i]++;
+			for (k = 0; k < 32; k++)
+				if (si->used_shallow[i][j] & (1 << k))
+					si->shallow_ref[j * 32 + k]++;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * true for those associated with some refs and belong
+		 * in "ours" list aka "step 7 not done yet"
+		 */
+		si->need_reachability_test[i] =
+			si->need_reachability_test[i] > 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * keep hooks happy by forcing a temporary shallow file via
+	 * env variable because we can't add --shallow-file to every
+	 * command. check_everything_connected() will be done with
+	 * true .git/shallow though.
+	 */
+	setenv(GIT_SHALLOW_FILE_ENVIRONMENT, alt_shallow_file, 1);
+}
+
+static void update_shallow_info(struct command *commands,
+				struct shallow_info *si,
+				struct sha1_array *ref)
+{
+	struct command *cmd;
+	int *ref_status;
+	remove_nonexistent_theirs_shallow(si);
+	if (!si->nr_ours && !si->nr_theirs) {
+		shallow_update = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
+		if (is_null_sha1(cmd->new_sha1))
+			continue;
+		sha1_array_append(ref, cmd->new_sha1);
+		cmd->index = ref->nr - 1;
+	}
+	si->ref = ref;
+
+	if (shallow_update) {
+		prepare_shallow_update(commands, si);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ref_status = xmalloc(sizeof(*ref_status) * ref->nr);
+	assign_shallow_commits_to_refs(si, NULL, ref_status);
+	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
+		if (is_null_sha1(cmd->new_sha1))
+			continue;
+		if (ref_status[cmd->index]) {
+			cmd->error_string = "shallow update not allowed";
+			cmd->skip_update = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	free(ref_status);
+}
+
 static void report(struct command *commands, const char *unpack_status)
 {
 	struct command *cmd;
@@ -958,6 +1127,9 @@
 	int i;
 	char *dir = NULL;
 	struct command *commands;
+	struct sha1_array shallow = SHA1_ARRAY_INIT;
+	struct sha1_array ref = SHA1_ARRAY_INIT;
+	struct shallow_info si;
 
 	packet_trace_identity("receive-pack");
 
@@ -998,9 +1170,6 @@
 	if (!enter_repo(dir, 0))
 		die("'%s' does not appear to be a git repository", dir);
 
-	if (is_repository_shallow())
-		die("attempt to push into a shallow repository");
-
 	git_config(receive_pack_config, NULL);
 
 	if (0 <= transfer_unpack_limit)
@@ -1014,12 +1183,17 @@
 	if (advertise_refs)
 		return 0;
 
-	if ((commands = read_head_info()) != NULL) {
+	if ((commands = read_head_info(&shallow)) != NULL) {
 		const char *unpack_status = NULL;
 
-		if (!delete_only(commands))
-			unpack_status = unpack_with_sideband();
-		execute_commands(commands, unpack_status);
+		prepare_shallow_info(&si, &shallow);
+		if (!si.nr_ours && !si.nr_theirs)
+			shallow_update = 0;
+		if (!delete_only(commands)) {
+			unpack_status = unpack_with_sideband(&si);
+			update_shallow_info(commands, &si, &ref);
+		}
+		execute_commands(commands, unpack_status, &si);
 		if (pack_lockfile)
 			unlink_or_warn(pack_lockfile);
 		if (report_status)
@@ -1035,8 +1209,11 @@
 		}
 		if (auto_update_server_info)
 			update_server_info(0);
+		clear_shallow_info(&si);
 	}
 	if (use_sideband)
 		packet_flush(1);
+	sha1_array_clear(&shallow);
+	sha1_array_clear(&ref);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin/reflog.c b/builtin/reflog.c
index 6eb24c8..c12a9784 100644
--- a/builtin/reflog.c
+++ b/builtin/reflog.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 		return; /* both given explicitly -- nothing to tweak */
 
 	for (ent = reflog_expire_cfg; ent; ent = ent->next) {
-		if (!fnmatch(ent->pattern, ref, 0)) {
+		if (!wildmatch(ent->pattern, ref, 0, NULL)) {
 			if (!(slot & EXPIRE_TOTAL))
 				cb->expire_total = ent->expire_total;
 			if (!(slot & EXPIRE_UNREACH))
@@ -610,12 +610,12 @@
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--dry-run") || !strcmp(arg, "-n"))
 			cb.dry_run = 1;
-		else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--expire=")) {
+		else if (starts_with(arg, "--expire=")) {
 			if (parse_expiry_date(arg + 9, &cb.expire_total))
 				die(_("'%s' is not a valid timestamp"), arg);
 			explicit_expiry |= EXPIRE_TOTAL;
 		}
-		else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--expire-unreachable=")) {
+		else if (starts_with(arg, "--expire-unreachable=")) {
 			if (parse_expiry_date(arg + 21, &cb.expire_unreachable))
 				die(_("'%s' is not a valid timestamp"), arg);
 			explicit_expiry |= EXPIRE_UNREACH;
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 4e14891..b3ab4cf 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "refs.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
 	N_("git remote [-v | --verbose]"),
@@ -77,17 +78,6 @@
 
 static int verbose;
 
-static int show_all(void);
-static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run);
-
-static inline int postfixcmp(const char *string, const char *postfix)
-{
-	int len1 = strlen(string), len2 = strlen(postfix);
-	if (len1 < len2)
-		return 1;
-	return strcmp(string + len1 - len2, postfix);
-}
-
 static int fetch_remote(const char *name)
 {
 	const char *argv[] = { "fetch", name, NULL, NULL };
@@ -269,7 +259,7 @@
 
 static int config_read_branches(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!prefixcmp(key, "branch.")) {
+	if (starts_with(key, "branch.")) {
 		const char *orig_key = key;
 		char *name;
 		struct string_list_item *item;
@@ -277,13 +267,13 @@
 		enum { REMOTE, MERGE, REBASE } type;
 
 		key += 7;
-		if (!postfixcmp(key, ".remote")) {
+		if (ends_with(key, ".remote")) {
 			name = xstrndup(key, strlen(key) - 7);
 			type = REMOTE;
-		} else if (!postfixcmp(key, ".merge")) {
+		} else if (ends_with(key, ".merge")) {
 			name = xstrndup(key, strlen(key) - 6);
 			type = MERGE;
-		} else if (!postfixcmp(key, ".rebase")) {
+		} else if (ends_with(key, ".rebase")) {
 			name = xstrndup(key, strlen(key) - 7);
 			type = REBASE;
 		} else
@@ -309,8 +299,13 @@
 				space = strchr(value, ' ');
 			}
 			string_list_append(&info->merge, xstrdup(value));
-		} else
-			info->rebase = git_config_bool(orig_key, value);
+		} else {
+			int v = git_config_maybe_bool(orig_key, value);
+			if (v >= 0)
+				info->rebase = v;
+			else if (!strcmp(value, "preserve"))
+				info->rebase = 1;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -534,9 +529,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/* don't delete non-remote-tracking refs */
-	if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes/")) {
+	if (!starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/")) {
 		/* advise user how to delete local branches */
-		if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/"))
+		if (starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/"))
 			string_list_append(branches->skipped,
 					   abbrev_branch(refname));
 		/* silently skip over other non-remote refs */
@@ -571,7 +566,7 @@
 	const char *symref;
 
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/remotes/%s/", rename->old);
-	if (!prefixcmp(refname, buf.buf)) {
+	if (starts_with(refname, buf.buf)) {
 		item = string_list_append(rename->remote_branches, xstrdup(refname));
 		symref = resolve_ref_unsafe(refname, orig_sha1, 1, &flag);
 		if (flag & REF_ISSYMREF)
@@ -1084,6 +1079,64 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_one_entry(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
+{
+	struct string_list *list = priv;
+	struct strbuf url_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char **url;
+	int i, url_nr;
+
+	if (remote->url_nr > 0) {
+		strbuf_addf(&url_buf, "%s (fetch)", remote->url[0]);
+		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util =
+				strbuf_detach(&url_buf, NULL);
+	} else
+		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util = NULL;
+	if (remote->pushurl_nr) {
+		url = remote->pushurl;
+		url_nr = remote->pushurl_nr;
+	} else {
+		url = remote->url;
+		url_nr = remote->url_nr;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < url_nr; i++)
+	{
+		strbuf_addf(&url_buf, "%s (push)", url[i]);
+		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util =
+				strbuf_detach(&url_buf, NULL);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_all(void)
+{
+	struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	int result;
+
+	list.strdup_strings = 1;
+	result = for_each_remote(get_one_entry, &list);
+
+	if (!result) {
+		int i;
+
+		sort_string_list(&list);
+		for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
+			struct string_list_item *item = list.items + i;
+			if (verbose)
+				printf("%s\t%s\n", item->string,
+					item->util ? (const char *)item->util : "");
+			else {
+				if (i && !strcmp((item - 1)->string, item->string))
+					continue;
+				printf("%s\n", item->string);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	string_list_clear(&list, 1);
+	return result;
+}
+
 static int show(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	int no_query = 0, result = 0, query_flag = 0;
@@ -1246,26 +1299,6 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int prune(int argc, const char **argv)
-{
-	int dry_run = 0, result = 0;
-	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT__DRY_RUN(&dry_run, N_("dry run")),
-		OPT_END()
-	};
-
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options, builtin_remote_prune_usage,
-			     0);
-
-	if (argc < 1)
-		usage_with_options(builtin_remote_prune_usage, options);
-
-	for (; argc; argc--, argv++)
-		result |= prune_remote(*argv, dry_run);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run)
 {
 	int result = 0, i;
@@ -1304,6 +1337,26 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
+static int prune(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int dry_run = 0, result = 0;
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT__DRY_RUN(&dry_run, N_("dry run")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options, builtin_remote_prune_usage,
+			     0);
+
+	if (argc < 1)
+		usage_with_options(builtin_remote_prune_usage, options);
+
+	for (; argc; argc--, argv++)
+		result |= prune_remote(*argv, dry_run);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 static int get_remote_default(const char *key, const char *value, void *priv)
 {
 	if (strcmp(key, "remotes.default") == 0) {
@@ -1315,42 +1368,42 @@
 
 static int update(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	int i, prune = 0;
+	int i, prune = -1;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL('p', "prune", &prune,
 			 N_("prune remotes after fetching")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
-	const char **fetch_argv;
-	int fetch_argc = 0;
+	struct argv_array fetch_argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 	int default_defined = 0;
-
-	fetch_argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc+5));
+	int retval;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options, builtin_remote_update_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
 
-	fetch_argv[fetch_argc++] = "fetch";
+	argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, "fetch");
 
-	if (prune)
-		fetch_argv[fetch_argc++] = "--prune";
+	if (prune != -1)
+		argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, prune ? "--prune" : "--no-prune");
 	if (verbose)
-		fetch_argv[fetch_argc++] = "-v";
-	fetch_argv[fetch_argc++] = "--multiple";
+		argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, "-v");
+	argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, "--multiple");
 	if (argc < 2)
-		fetch_argv[fetch_argc++] = "default";
+		argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, "default");
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-		fetch_argv[fetch_argc++] = argv[i];
+		argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, argv[i]);
 
-	if (strcmp(fetch_argv[fetch_argc-1], "default") == 0) {
+	if (strcmp(fetch_argv.argv[fetch_argv.argc-1], "default") == 0) {
 		git_config(get_remote_default, &default_defined);
-		if (!default_defined)
-			fetch_argv[fetch_argc-1] = "--all";
+		if (!default_defined) {
+			argv_array_pop(&fetch_argv);
+			argv_array_push(&fetch_argv, "--all");
+		}
 	}
 
-	fetch_argv[fetch_argc] = NULL;
-
-	return run_command_v_opt(fetch_argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	retval = run_command_v_opt(fetch_argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	argv_array_clear(&fetch_argv);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static int remove_all_fetch_refspecs(const char *remote, const char *key)
@@ -1505,64 +1558,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_one_entry(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
-{
-	struct string_list *list = priv;
-	struct strbuf url_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const char **url;
-	int i, url_nr;
-
-	if (remote->url_nr > 0) {
-		strbuf_addf(&url_buf, "%s (fetch)", remote->url[0]);
-		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util =
-				strbuf_detach(&url_buf, NULL);
-	} else
-		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util = NULL;
-	if (remote->pushurl_nr) {
-		url = remote->pushurl;
-		url_nr = remote->pushurl_nr;
-	} else {
-		url = remote->url;
-		url_nr = remote->url_nr;
-	}
-	for (i = 0; i < url_nr; i++)
-	{
-		strbuf_addf(&url_buf, "%s (push)", url[i]);
-		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util =
-				strbuf_detach(&url_buf, NULL);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int show_all(void)
-{
-	struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
-	int result;
-
-	list.strdup_strings = 1;
-	result = for_each_remote(get_one_entry, &list);
-
-	if (!result) {
-		int i;
-
-		sort_string_list(&list);
-		for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
-			struct string_list_item *item = list.items + i;
-			if (verbose)
-				printf("%s\t%s\n", item->string,
-					item->util ? (const char *)item->util : "");
-			else {
-				if (i && !strcmp((item - 1)->string, item->string))
-					continue;
-				printf("%s\n", item->string);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	string_list_clear(&list, 1);
-	return result;
-}
-
 int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct option options[] = {
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 239f278..6b0b62d 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "argv-array.h"
 
 static int delta_base_offset = 1;
+static int pack_kept_objects = -1;
 static char *packdir, *packtmp;
 
 static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
 		delta_base_offset = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "repack.packkeptobjects")) {
+		pack_kept_objects = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	while ((e = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
-		if (suffixcmp(e->d_name, ".pack"))
+		if (!ends_with(e->d_name, ".pack"))
 			continue;
 
 		len = strlen(e->d_name) - strlen(".pack");
@@ -130,16 +135,16 @@
 	struct string_list rollback = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	struct string_list existing_packs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int nr_packs, ext, ret, failed;
+	int ext, ret, failed;
 	FILE *out;
 
 	/* variables to be filled by option parsing */
 	int pack_everything = 0;
 	int delete_redundant = 0;
-	char *unpack_unreachable = NULL;
-	int window = 0, window_memory = 0;
-	int depth = 0;
-	int max_pack_size = 0;
+	const char *unpack_unreachable = NULL;
+	const char *window = NULL, *window_memory = NULL;
+	const char *depth = NULL;
+	const char *max_pack_size = NULL;
 	int no_reuse_delta = 0, no_reuse_object = 0;
 	int no_update_server_info = 0;
 	int quiet = 0;
@@ -167,14 +172,16 @@
 				N_("write bitmap index")),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "unpack-unreachable", &unpack_unreachable, N_("approxidate"),
 				N_("with -A, do not loosen objects older than this")),
-		OPT_INTEGER(0, "window", &window,
+		OPT_STRING(0, "window", &window, N_("n"),
 				N_("size of the window used for delta compression")),
-		OPT_INTEGER(0, "window-memory", &window_memory,
+		OPT_STRING(0, "window-memory", &window_memory, N_("bytes"),
 				N_("same as the above, but limit memory size instead of entries count")),
-		OPT_INTEGER(0, "depth", &depth,
+		OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &depth, N_("n"),
 				N_("limits the maximum delta depth")),
-		OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-pack-size", &max_pack_size,
+		OPT_STRING(0, "max-pack-size", &max_pack_size, N_("bytes"),
 				N_("maximum size of each packfile")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "pack-kept-objects", &pack_kept_objects,
+				N_("repack objects in packs marked with .keep")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -183,6 +190,9 @@
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_repack_options,
 				git_repack_usage, 0);
 
+	if (pack_kept_objects < 0)
+		pack_kept_objects = write_bitmap;
+
 	packdir = mkpathdup("%s/pack", get_object_directory());
 	packtmp = mkpathdup("%s/.tmp-%d-pack", packdir, (int)getpid());
 
@@ -190,18 +200,19 @@
 
 	argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "pack-objects");
 	argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "--keep-true-parents");
-	argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "--honor-pack-keep");
+	if (!pack_kept_objects)
+		argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "--honor-pack-keep");
 	argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "--non-empty");
 	argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "--all");
 	argv_array_push(&cmd_args, "--reflog");
 	if (window)
-		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--window=%u", window);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--window=%s", window);
 	if (window_memory)
-		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--window-memory=%u", window_memory);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--window-memory=%s", window_memory);
 	if (depth)
-		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--depth=%u", depth);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--depth=%s", depth);
 	if (max_pack_size)
-		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--max_pack_size=%u", max_pack_size);
+		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--max-pack-size=%s", max_pack_size);
 	if (no_reuse_delta)
 		argv_array_pushf(&cmd_args, "--no-reuse-delta");
 	if (no_reuse_object)
@@ -246,13 +257,11 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	nr_packs = 0;
 	out = xfdopen(cmd.out, "r");
 	while (strbuf_getline(&line, out, '\n') != EOF) {
 		if (line.len != 40)
 			die("repack: Expecting 40 character sha1 lines only from pack-objects.");
 		string_list_append(&names, line.buf);
-		nr_packs++;
 	}
 	fclose(out);
 	ret = finish_command(&cmd);
@@ -260,7 +269,7 @@